Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
Legal name: Samuel Israel Foundation C/o Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 861064950
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- Phone
- (206) 774-2232
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $7,178
- Expenses
- $566,045
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELI GENAUER (PRESIDENT)
- JOSHUA GORTLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SOLOMON KANE (TREASURER)
- ELI GENAUER (PRESIDENT)
- JOSHUA GORTLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Federation leads a strong Jewish Puget Sound by serving as a community voice, strengthening connections to Israel and World Jewry, and making investments in Jewish life, for today and the next generation. Founded in 1928, the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle has always been a pillar of strength, connection, and support for our local Jewish community and Jews around the world. From rescuing Holocaust survivors in the 1940s to welcoming Ethiopian and Russian immigrants in the 1980s and 1990s, and launching major relief efforts like the 2022 Ukraine Challenge, our story has always been about meeting the moment with heart, resilience, and collective action. That mission continues today with renewed urgency. Since the devastating attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, the Federation has stepped up in powerful new ways—raising over $1.6 million in emergency aid, standing with...
What it reported doing in 2025
Samuel israel foundation is a type i supporting organization to jewish federation of greater seattle. The foundation makes grants in support of the charitable purpose of jewish federation of greater seattle.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -7,785.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 34.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -13.7% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -8% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $566K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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 1/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.