Karsh Family Social Service Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812974850
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
2133882401
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,324,210
Expenses
$3,044,109
Assets
$13,033,192
Liabilities
$207,892

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEFFREY PAUL (PRESIDENT)
  • DENA BLOOM (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • CAROLYN STONE ENENSTEIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LILA GUIRGUIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • LILA GUIRGUIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $248,792 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Guided by jewish values, the karsh family social service center improves the lives of the underserved by providing critical and accessible social services through direct service or collaboration with other providers, (continued on schedule o) while also integrating significant volunteer opportunities to create a uniquely powerful way to help repair the world.

What it reported doing in 2024

The commitment of dedicated volunteers is essential to the work and success of the karsh family social service center. Engaging volunteers as a key component of delivering service allows the karsh center to be a catalyst for community members wishing to be of service and help their neighbors who are navigating challenges like food and housing insecurity, and more. The karsh center volunteer engagement program includes volunteers from all over los angeles, including but not limited to members of wilshire boulevard temple as well as other faith-based organizations; school/student groups; corporate teams as well as an array of professionals sharing pro -bono time; and members of the koreatown community who recognize that the karsh center is a pillar in supporting the surrounding community. We host recurring weekly volunteers, special event/one-time volunteer activities, and student and community groups at both the karsh family social service center in koreatown as well as karsh tikkun olam social service center (karsh west), a dedicated volunteer hub in brentwood. Across all of our volunteer activities, volunteers range from 3 years old to over 100 years old, and they share their time both on-site and through remote programs. Volunteer activities range from packing grocery bags and making sandwich lunches to doing outreach to clients and completing data entry, and so much more. Across these activities, we engaged an estimated 617 volunteers, sharing over 8,000 hours of service, in 2024-2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.5%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 71.1%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -31%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.28; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.2%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.5% of revenue deployed · 71.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $249K · 15 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.