Louise D and Morton J Macks Jewish Connection Network Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 934072214
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Baltimore, MD, USA
- Phone
- 4108437490
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,406,392
- Expenses
- $2,206,502
- Assets
- $636,953
- Liabilities
- $437,063
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ADA KLEIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- ADA KLEIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT): $204,676 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The louise d. And morton j. Macks jewish connection network (the network) is the leading engagement focused agency in the baltimore jewish community. Our mission is to empower and support individuals to explore their own jewish journeys, inspiring them to form lasting connections to a diverse, inclusive and vibrant baltimore jewish community. We seek to identify, develop relationships with, and deepen the jewish connections of people who are not currently engaged in jewish life. We accomplish this by curating exciting jewish experiences, facilitating peer-to-peer connections, and sharing resources for individuals of different abilities, identities, and life stages. The network engages jewish adults at all stages from their twenties through their active senior years. According to the most recent jewish population study, there are nearly 40,000 under-engaged or un-engaged jews in greater baltimore. We are currently engaging over 5,000 people and seek to expand our reach and our impact.
What it reported doing in 2024
The network makes volunteering in baltimore easy and meaningful by 1) helping to curate one-time opportunities and 2) convening small cohorts that do service together throughout the year. To do this work well, the network stewards relationships with a wide variety of social service agencies in baltimore and trains our professional team to help match people to opportunities. The signature community service offering is a series of days in december when community members pack and deliver 2,500 winter care packages for people who are housing insecure in baltimore. 969 people attended community service opportunities through the network in fy25.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.1%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 79.7%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $132.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Pass
- 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: 8.3%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.69; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.3%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 73.1% of revenue deployed · 79.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $205K · 15 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.