National Council of Jewish Women Greater New Orleans
Legal name: National Council of Jewish Women Greater New Orleans Section Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 720381230
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- New Orleans, LA, United States
- Phone
- (504) 861-7788
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Women's Service Clubs
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $165,587
- Expenses
- $135,713
- Assets
- $848,475
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
49 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROBIN GIARUSSO (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- CAROL NEWMAN (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- GAIL CHALEW (PRESIDENT)
- KAREN SHER (VICE-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ANN THOMPSON (BOARD MEMBER)
- BARBARA GREENBERG (BOARD MEMBER)
- SUSAN HESS (EX-OFFICIO)
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
NCJW Greater New Orleans is a grassroots organization of volunteers and advocates, inspired by Jewish values, that strives for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children, and families and by safeguarding individual rights and freedoms. Support a secure Israel and the well-being of all its people To learn more about our organization, please watch this video For more about our national organization, CLICK HERE. Established in Chicago in 1893, NCJW is the oldest women’s volunteer organization in the United States. There are sections in 34 states and the District of Columbia. NCJW has 47 affiliates worldwide called the International Council of Jewish Women. The**Greater New Orleans Section** , founded in 1897, has approximately 800 members. As the first and most progressive Jewish women’s organization in the United States, NCJW is and has always been a leading...
What it reported doing in 2024
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Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 53
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 50.5%; rating input score 51
- Program expense ratio: 54.7%; rating input score 55
- Fundraising efficiency: $22.73 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 18%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.25; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 50.5% of revenue deployed · 54.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 49 of 49 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $74K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 49 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.