National Council of Jewish Women Nashville

Legal name: National Council of Jewish Women Nashville Section

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
626065087
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Nashville, TN, United States
Phone
6154913362
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Women's Service Clubs
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$198,601
Expenses
$105,476
Assets
$3,012,298
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERIN COLEMAN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • MARCI KLEINROCK (PRESIDENT)
  • SHERI ROSENBERG (PRESIDENT)
  • STEPHANIE KIRSCHNER (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • APRIL NEMER (SECRETARY)
  • BRYNA MODY (VP ADVOCACY)
  • ERIN COLEMAN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)

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

The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) Nashville Section 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

The nashville section of the national council of jewish women is volunteer organization, inspired by jewish values. It works through various programs of research, education, advocacy, and community service to improve the quality of life for women, children, and families; and strives to ensure individual rights and freedoms for all. These goals are achieved by providing financial and volunteering support to various external associations, which are directly involved in the programs. In addition, the senior friends and the snack box programs are administered directly. Senior friends is an outreach to senior citizens in the local jewish community through visits and holiday gifts. The snack box program provides snacks to children and their attendees.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 61% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 88
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.1%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 30.3%; rating input score 30
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 68.2%; rating input score 68; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • 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: 46.9%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 28.56; rating input score 97; 97th 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: -12.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 56.1% of revenue deployed · 30.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $32K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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 56/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.