National Council of Jewish Women Greater Kansas City
Legal name: National Council of Jewish Women Greater Kansas City Section Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 440601678
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Prairie Village, KS, United States
- Phone
- 913-648-0747
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Women's Service Clubs
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $139,885
- Expenses
- $146,693
- Assets
- $485,601
- Liabilities
- $3,589
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CARLA OPPENHEIMER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CARLA OPPENHEIMER (PRESIDENT)
- CATHY NEWMAN (CO VP FUND DEVELOPMENT)
- AMANDA PALAN (CO VP FUND DEVELOPMENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
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.
What it reported doing in 2024
Education of the individual and the community through scholarships and tributes advances human welfare and the democratic way of life as stated in the primary purpose of the organization.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 73% for direct work, and 27% for grants.
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 liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.2%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.9%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.31; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 91.2% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $126K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.