Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies
Legal name: Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 132752418
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Paramus, NJ, United States
- Phone
- 2019772423
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,540,136
- Expenses
- $4,983,706
- Assets
- $6,828,993
- Liabilities
- $625,455
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
32 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- REUBEN ROTMAN (PRESIDENT & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- REUBEN ROTMAN (PRESIDENT & CEO): $368,536 total reported compensation
- BASHA SILVERMAN (SVP OPERATIONS & IMPACT): $162,964 total reported compensation
- SARAH WELCH (SVP STRATEGY & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT): $156,443 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies operates as a membership association, encompassing 170+ nonprofit Jewish human service organizations throughout the United States and Canada, amplifying impact to support clients through constructive transformations. The Network collaborates with local, regional, national, and international organizations who share our mission to strengthen the capacity of member agencies and amplify the impact of the Jewish human service sector. A Network Strategic Supporter is a vetted company, funder, nonprofit, advocacy organization, national association, independent consultant, or other entity that provides goods and services that help meet the needs of The Network and its member agencies. Strategic Supporters come from a variety of industries, including consulting services, operational savings, employee benefits, software and technology products...
What it reported doing in 2024
Through njhsa the jewish human service movement is represented in decision-making forums in both the jewish and non-sectarian worlds. Njhsa advocates for quality services to the jewish and general communities, advocates for increased funding from governmental entities, and advocates for the highest standards of service: njhsa provides the following member services: free telephone consultation on board and staff development, members only rates for in-person consultation and board development workshops, no-cost listings in the njhsa on-line agency directory, free access to njhsa's extensive resource files, and participation in on-line forums for agencies ceos, presidents, and specific staff.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 57% for direct work, and 43% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.9%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 88.2%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 68.3%; rating input score 68; 18th 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -9.8%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 22.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 24.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 96.9% of revenue deployed · 88.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $4.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $369K · 32 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 57 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 51 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.