Shalva Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363449507
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
7735834673
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Violence Shelters
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,883,582
Expenses
$1,993,893
Assets
$6,540,081
Liabilities
$1,285,029

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NAOMI SENSER (PRESIDENT)
  • MARLENE COPELAND (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARLENE COPELAND (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $181,911 total reported compensation
  • ALISON BLOOM (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT): $107,565 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Shalva offers deep jewish cultural competency and expertise in domestic abuse to support our diverse community.-shalva empowers those experiencing and healing from domestic abuse by offering confidential counseling or referral and needed supportive services.-shalva works for lasting social change through community education aimed at increasing awareness, understanding, prevention, and healthy relationships.

What it reported doing in 2025

Shalva provides a wide range of educational programming to increase community awareness, understanding of domestic abuse and ultimately change behaviors. Programs were offered both in person and virtually to audiences large and small. Professional trainings were provided to social workers, rabbis, educators and professionals in the legal, mental health, law enforcement and health care fields. This year we held 149 educational programs in the community, discussing healthy versus abusive relationships, the existence of abuse, how it shows up in our community and what services are available to support survivors. Our innovative community education program, seven circles, helps couples discover the foundations for a long-term healthy relationship by gaining a deeper understanding of who they are, who their partner is, and how they interact. Through this inclusive and dynamic self-directed process, couples completing the seven circles gain awareness, skills, and support to feel connected and prepared to enjoy a fulfilling future together. 27 couples participated in 2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 71% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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

SUPPORTED - 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: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.3%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 64.9%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.9%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.28; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.5%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.3% of revenue deployed · 64.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $182K · 20 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.