National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis

What it reported doing in 2024

Back to school! Store and kids community closet: the back to school! Store is a one-day event set up like a department store. Each child isassigned an adult volunteer to help him or her shop for free for clothing and school supplies. In collaboration with over 75 communityorganizations, ncjw provides programming in the areas of child safety, nutrition, vision screening, health issues, etc., forparents/guardians and children. A new "family resource guide" has been developed to provide important information about all theservices available in our region to support the families and children. Each child receives everything they need to start the school year: clothing, coat, shoes, undergarments, backpack, book and school supplies. (see schedule o)(back to school! Store and kids community closet continued)everything is brand-new and chosen by the child with their personal shopper. The child's self-esteem and excitement to begin the school year are paramount to the running of this project.kids community closet provides children with items they may need on a daily basis at school, whether due to an emergency or an ongoing family situation. Closets stocked with new clothing and uniformsare placed in underserved schools, where 70% or more of the children live at or below the federal poverty level. The clothing, personal care items and school supplies we supply to these young students are distributed on an as-needed and ongoing basis. Children can attend school confidently, in clean, new clothes that fit, and with the supplies they need. It is also our goal to relieve the financial burden currently placed on the teachers and administrators who find it necessary to personally purchase these emergency items for their students on an ongoing basis. Having a closet in the school will help teachers, counselors and administrators meet an immediate need and get right back to the mission of education.eligible kids will predominantly range in age from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade. In some cases the program will reach out to middle school and preschool children as well. Over 13,000 children have access to the closets on any given day.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 24.2%; rating input score 24
• Program expense ratio: 64.2%; rating input score 64
• Fundraising efficiency: $13.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 66%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.31; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 9%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings