Tawonga Jewish Community Corporation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 943227261
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4155432267
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Judaism
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $11,338,217
- Expenses
- $11,290,144
- Assets
- $26,683,026
- Liabilities
- $1,641,834
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
27 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TALI LEVY (PRESIDENT)
- LENA BROOK (VICE PRESIDENT)
- REBECCA MEYER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- REBECCA MEYER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $308,024 total reported compensation
- LISA WERTHEIM (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $222,176 total reported compensation
- DEBBIE VASQUEZ (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $213,443 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the tawonga jewish community corporation is to provide educational and recreational programs for children, adults and families which help them develop as healthy and participating members of the jewish and secular communities, locally, nationally and internationally. The corporation does this by integrating the themes of:1. Personal growth and the development of positive self-esteem; 2. Creating cooperative communities through social group-work process; 3. Tikkun olam, our partnership with the natural world; and 4. Positive jewish identification and spirituality.
What it reported doing in 2024
Summer camp, quests & teen service learning - at the property in groveland, ca and in nearby outdoor spaces (such as national parks), campers participate in summer camp and quest programs in which they develop social and emotional skills, deepened relationships, and make meaningful connections to judaism and nature.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 69% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 86
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.3%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: 68.3%; rating input score 68
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 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: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.36; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 15.2%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 65.3% of revenue deployed · 68.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $308K · 27 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $1.2M reported
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.