National Council of Jewish Women Bergen County Section
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222464427
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Bergenfield, NJ, United States
- Phone
- 201-385-4847
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Women's Service Clubs
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $321,314
- Expenses
- $276,736
- Assets
- $542,065
- Liabilities
- $12,381
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELAINE MEYERSON (CO-PRESIDENT)
- PAULA STAR (CO-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ELAINE MEYERSON (CO-PRESIDENT)
- PAULA STAR (CO-PRESIDENT)
- LOIS KATZ BROWN (CO-VP ADVOCA)
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
NCJWBCS confronts today’s most urgent social and economic challenges facing women, children and families; powered by the Jewish imperative to ensure dignity for all—impacting policy, advocating for justice, and supporting the community. and History The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is a grassroots organization of volunteers and advocates who turn progressive ideals into action. Inspired by Jewish values, NCJW strives for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children, and families and by safeguarding individual rights and freedoms. Click here to view our Officers. 95th anniversary Click here for Our 95th Anniversary. A Celebration Through History. |.
What it reported doing in 2024
Volunteering and community service services include but are not limited to: supporting women seeking job training and development; providing meals to the homeless; providing support to child-care programs and in the community; support staff who provide health services to women; conduct monthly activity groups for abused children and provide weekly therapeutic water exercise for people with multiple sclerosis, and provide volunteers to the council thrift shop.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.6%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 81.8%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.9%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.96; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 83.6% of revenue deployed · 81.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 51 of 51 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $226K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.