Tampa Jccfederation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237182057
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Tampa, FL, USA
Phone
8137694720
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Community Recreational Centers
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,226,378
Expenses
$13,289,032
Assets
$25,055,354
Liabilities
$8,209,047

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

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEFFREY BERGER (PRESIDENT)
  • JOSEPH PROBASCO (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • CINDY SPAHN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DEBBIE TAUB (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SUE SCHOENBAUM (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • GARY GOULD (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • GARY GOULD (CEO): $253,170 total reported compensation
  • SALLY BENJAMIN (CAO): $174,105 total reported compensation
  • JACK ROSS (CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER): $155,985 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to strengthen the health, education, culture and welfare of our community; to enrich jewish life in the tampa bay area; and to connect with and support the people of israel and the global jewish community. Our vision: the tampa jewish community centers and federation is the heart of a vibrant, harmonious and connected community that embraces everyone. We strive to: be the center for jewish activity in tampa and provide a warm and welcoming environment; offer first-class educational, cultural and wellness programming, services and facilities for both children and adults; serve as the connective tissue between and among all jewish organizations, agencies and groups, and between the jewish and secular communities; provide a work environment that helps recruit, recognize and reward excellence in staff and volunteers. Actively build our connection with the people of israel and the global jewish community; meet our current fiscal needs and financial goals.

What it reported doing in 2024

Weinberg village - adult assisted living facility catering primarily to the aged and disabled in the local jewish community. Revenue was $4,106,019 and is reported as unrelated business revenue.notes on program expenses: weinberg village (wbv) activity is reported on form 990-t as it is a for-profit disregarded entity of the organization. Due to the different formats for entering the information for the 990-t, some of the wbv expenses are listed separately on part ix of form 990. (continued on schedule o)officers' salaries, employee benefits, professional fees, rent, utilities, occupancy, travel, depreciation, amortization and interest expense are combined with the jcc child care and jcc/federation other programs expenses. The wbv expenses listed separately are designated with wbv on the statement of other expenses included with the return.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 60% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.5%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 90.7%; rating input score 91; 21st 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; 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: -8.7%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.89; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.6%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.5% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $11.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $253K · 27 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $605K reported
  • Consistency: 43 of 44 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 9 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.