Temple Judah
Legal name: Temple Judah Trust
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 426148612
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
- Phone
- 319-362-1261
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Judaism
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $765,811
- Expenses
- $288,177
- Assets
- $8,128,249
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRIAN D COHEN (PRESIDENT)
- JEFF SCHNEIDER (FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT)
- JENIFER DESOTEL (SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT)
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Join us in prayer, learning, and connecting with others. A vibrant and inclusive community where Judaism is brought to life with relevance, meaning, and joy. Back in 1922, when Congregation Judah was being formed by those wishing to establish a liberal Jewish worship service, The Sisterhood was organized too. There is speculation that if this had not happened, Temple Judah would not have become a reality. The Sisterhood was instrumental in raising funds for many of the functions and activities that happened at Temple. It’s fundraising efforts were directed principally toward the establishment and maintenance of the Religious School. From the beginning, this was Sisterhood’s chief concern. Along the way, however, the women of Sisterhood were frequently called upon for help in paying off the mortgage, redecorating the Rabbi’s residence, landscaping.
What it reported doing in 2024
Funds are used for support of temple judah.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 80
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 88
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.3%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 62.4%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 28.21; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $286K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $37K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.