Moving Traditions

Overview

Mission

Moving Traditions emboldens Jewish youth to thrive through the pursuit of personal wellbeing (shleimut), caring relationships (hesed), and a Jewish and feminist vision of equity and justice (tzedek). Marci Finegood** (she/her/hers), **Foundation Relations Manager,** secures and stewards philanthropic funding that advances Moving Traditions’ mission to support Jewish youth, families, and communities. Marci is a mission-driven grants and philanthropy professional with close to ten years of experience advancing equitable outcomes for children, youth, and families. Her background spans youth development, early childhood education, supportive housing, public health, and disability advocacy. Marci holds a BA from Michigan State University and a JD from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Outside of work, Marci enjoys live music with her husband (especially Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit), musical...

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 87% 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.

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 73
• Transparency & Controls: 84
• Accountability: 92
• Sustainability: 27
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
• Where the money goes: 80.6% of revenue deployed · 78.1% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 15 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.5M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $198K · 21 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
• Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
• Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 6 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.
• 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 18/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.