Sacred Spaces

Overview

Mission

Sacred Spaces builds healthy Jewish communities by partnering with Jewish institutions to prevent and respond to sexual abuse and other abuses of power. Instead, we aim to concentrate our limited resources on the activities essential to our mission: building healthy Jewish communities by partnering with Jewish institutions to prevent and respond to sexual, physical, and emotional abuse; harassment; and violence across all ages and stages of life. As noted in our guiding principles, we approach our work with a deep sense of responsibility toward our community, its institutions, and the members in its care. Within our organization and in all of our public interactions, we work to safeguard the absolute value and dignity of every individual, as we are each created _b’tzelem elokim,_ in God’s image. At the same time, we acknowledge the importanc.

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 98% 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.

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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 52
• Transparency & Controls: 66
• Accountability: 95
• Sustainability: 74
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site
• Where the money goes: 40.7% of revenue deployed · 67.1% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $194K · 10 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
• Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
• 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.
• Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

• Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
• Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.