National Council of Jewish Women of Greater Houston
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237408276
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2020
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- Bellaire, TX, USA
- Phone
- 7139067040
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Women's Service Clubs
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $148,017
- Expenses
- $105,735
- Assets
- $346,170
- Liabilities
- $3,856
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARLENE MATZNER (PRESIDENT)
- ALIZA PLOTKIN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MARLENE MATZNER (PRESIDENT)
- ALIZA PLOTKIN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
- JOYCE CRAMER (TREASURER)
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 2020. 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 2020
Avda - aid to victims of domestic abuse was founded by ncjw in 1980. Today, this essential agency offers free, legal services to victims of domestic abuse, serving over 5,000 adult and child victims of domestic abuse annually.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 68% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 33
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 31.7%; rating input score 32
- Program expense ratio: 35%; rating input score 35
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: 28.6%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.27; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -23.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 31.7% of revenue deployed · 35% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $37K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2015 to 2020
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 35/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.