Jewish Community Center of the Lehigh Valley

Legal name: Lehigh Valley Jewish Foundation Jewish Community Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232737172
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Allentown, PA, USA
Phone
6104353571
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations N.E.C.
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$0
Assets
$676,898
Liabilities
$609,636

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRIAN FORD (PRESIDENT)
  • BILL MARKSON (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BRIAN FORD (PRESIDENT)
  • BILL MARKSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ANDY KAHN (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The Jewish Community Center of the Lehigh Valley brings people together to build connections and enrich lives through Jewish values. Communities are strongest when wisdom, energy, and experience flow across generations. This reflects the Jewish commitment to _l’dor v’dor_ (from generation to generation), honoring both tradition and innovation through intergenerational connection. Growth & Lifelong Enrichment (_limmud_) We support personal and communal growth at every stage of life through learning, culture, wellness, and creativity. Inspired by the Jewish value of limmud (lifelong learning), we believe enrichment is an ongoing journey that deepens identity, skills, and purpose.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization manages the endowment assets of the jewish community center of allentown, Pennsylvania, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 1
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.9; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 11 of 12 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.