Fore Women

Legal name: Los Angeles Section National Council of Jewish Women

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
951641433
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Phone
3238528501
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Women's Service Clubs
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,558,587
Expenses
$15,543,907
Assets
$20,973,732
Liabilities
$9,900,105

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAMELA BROWN (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • MARJORIE GILBERG (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARJORIE GILBERG (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $244,226 total reported compensation
  • SOFIYA DUBINSKY (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $177,663 total reported compensation
  • JILL SAGER (DIRECTOR OF RETAIL OPERATIONS): $167,605 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

NCJW|LA ensures economic justice and equity for women in Los Angeles through direct cash assistance, skill building, and advocating for policies that safeguard women’s financial stability and prosperity. The Council Shop powers NCJW|LA’s mission through the sale of donated goods. The stores also serve as a training ground for women to learn transferable job skills. Discover The Council Shop. _When women thrive, we all benefit._ History: Founded in 1909 by 16 strong women who were determined to make a positive impact on their community, NCJW|LA spent much of our first century providing health and human services to tens of thousands of Angelenos regardless of religion, race, sexual orientation, age, or gender identity. Over the years, programs evolved to meet the changing needs of the Los Angeles community and ranged from immigrant resettlement services to in-school and after-school...

What it reported doing in 2024

Stability programs (formerly critical response services): ncjwla operates stability programs with the fundamental philosophical commitment that cash, rental and emergency assistance are the most essential building blocks to achieving financial stability. These programs are available to female heads of household, their families, and their communities in time of financial crisis to ensure transition to stable conditions. Housing stability and the rental assistance program (rap) provides ongoing cash payments for community members in the city of west hollywood, and those in la county that are referred through community partnerships. Ncjwla is proud to be one of the first nonprofits in la to develop, launch, and administer multiple guaranteed income (gi) pilot projects, including the pregnancy assistance and income for diabetics (paid) program that distributes $1,000/month over 18 months to 150 pregnant females with diabetes. In 2025, the clothing and household goods assistance program (chap), provided retail gift cards to referrals through community partners, focused on providing clothing assistance to women and families impacted by the la fires. In early 2025, $239,500 in retail vouchers and over $596,000 in clothing and household goods were distributed, supporting more than 4,000 fire-impacted residents.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
  • 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 92.5%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $30.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.35; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $14.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $244K · 23 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $151K reported
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.