Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation's Capital

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
522115715
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2022915737
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$24,161,345
Expenses
$21,191,799
Assets
$55,008,448
Liabilities
$13,596,678

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PETER FEDEROWICZ (PRESIDENT (UNTIL 6/30/25))
  • MONICA ABRAMS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • RACHEL LOEFFLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BETH TRITTER (SECRETARY (THRU 6/30/25) PRESIDENT (AS OF 7/1/25))
  • JEREMY LEVINE (PAST PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DEBORAH SKOLNICK-EINHORN (HEAD OF SCHOOL): $375,598 total reported compensation
  • LISA SCHOPF (DIR. OF ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL): $189,992 total reported compensation
  • VINITA AHUJA (CHIEF STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS OFFICE): $185,767 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 mission of the milton gottesman jewish primary day school of the nation's capital ("jpds-nc") is to provide a strong foundation in jewish and secular learning, laying the groundwork for our students to become knowledgeable, responsible jews and citizens, deeply committed to the community at large, to jewish living and values, and to the people and state of israel. Our school strives to create an environment filled with warmth, joy, and intellectual excitement that celebrates the unique qualities of each student, respects varied approaches to judaism, fosters a strong sense of ethics and of self, embraces diversity, and builds a community of lifelong learners.

What it reported doing in 2024

Education: the milton gottesman jewish day school of the nation's capital is where academic excellence, jewish tradition, strong values and commitment to instill lifelong learning to students occurs. At milton, we strive to nurture our students' curiosity, cultivate their imagination andadvance their initiative with critical thinking skills in small classes based upon a rich, integrated curriculum of secular hebrew language and jewish studies combined with the most modern, research-based educational approaches to achieve academic, physical, spiritualwell-being and to foster mutual respect and pluralism in becoming compassionate jews and american citizens. (continued on schedule o).milton parent's association: milton parent's association is the parent affiliation of the milton gottesman jewish day school. Its mission is to foster a sense of community, to facilitate the involvement of parents in the school through its various activities and community events, and to provide services to students and their families as well as faculty and staff. Funds raised and collected are used to provide such services, for teacher appreciation and in support of school projects and events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 78% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 74% for direct work, and 26% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.7%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd 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: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • 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: 90.5%; rating input score 90; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.3%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.6; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.3%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.7% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 21 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $376K · 28 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $1M reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 43/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.