Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services

Legal name: Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
651115689
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Boca Raton, FL, United States
Phone
(561) 852-5099
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Counseling, Support Groups
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$22,506,623
Expenses
$25,794,649
Assets
$26,162,052
Liabilities
$3,175,073

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

Leadership & pay

62 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANIELLE HARTMAN (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANIELLE HARTMAN (CEO): $425,860 total reported compensation
  • AMANDA NICKESON (CHIEF OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT): $208,887 total reported compensation
  • BETH LEVINE (SR VP OF PROGRAMS): $197,353 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To support anyone in South Palm Beach County who needs help, regardless of age or background. Our comprehensive programs strengthen, protect, and empower, with care and compassion. []( At Kogan & DiSalvo, our commitment to justice extends beyond the courtroom. We believe in building stronger, safer communities through meaningful support of local organizations. That’s why we’re proud to sponsor the Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services (JFS) — a nonprofit dedicated to providing essential services that promote well-being, dignity, and self-sufficiency for individuals and families in South Florida. By supporting Rales JFS, we’re investing in programs that uplift lives and create lasting impact in the region we call home. It’s one more way we stand by our mission: fighting for what’s right, both inside and outside the courtroom.

What it reported doing in 2024

Mental health, counseling & family resource center: our behavioral health department serves as a critical community resource, providing accessible counseling and psychiatric services to individuals experiencing emotional, behavioral, and mental health challenges. Our integrated team of therapists and psychiatric providers delivers high-quality, person-centered care that promotes recovery, resilience, and overall well-being. By combining evidence-based therapeutic interventions, psychiatric evaluation, psychoeducational testing, and medication management, we help clients improve their mental health, strengthen coping skills, and achieve greater stability and quality of life. Approximately 840 clients served. Our family resource center is a a "one-stop shop" offering a comprehensive range of therapeutic services for children with varying needs and abilities from birth to age 22, and their families. Services include ot, pt,

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Expenses are high relative to revenue and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 87.4%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: -14.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 87.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 35 of 34 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $22.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $426K · 62 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $9.6M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 35 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Independent members within voting members did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.