The College for Contemporary Judaism
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 882966343
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, United States
- Phone
- 513-898-3000
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Graduate, Professional Schools (Separate Entities)
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $116,189
- Expenses
- $119,939
- Assets
- $72,951
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
People named in this filing
- Andrew R Berger (Chairman)
- Gary L Greenberg (Vice Chairman)
- Lynn Rosenberg Mayfield (Trustee)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The College for Contemporary Judaism exists to educate the next generation of rabbis. Andrew Berger** is Of Counsel to Katz Teller, a Cincinnati law firm, in which he practiced corporate law for over 40 years. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska and Cornell Law School. He served on the Boards of Trustees and as President of Isaac M. Wise Temple and of the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati. He served as a member of the Board of Governors and as Chair of Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. Andy is a member of Isaac M. Wise Temple. Gary Greenberg Gary Greenberg** retired as Principal in the Cincinnati office of Jackson Lewis, P.C. He’s a graduate of University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan Law School. Gary’s past volunteer activities includ.
What it reported doing in 2024
The College has been exclusively engaged in formation activities, including feasibility assessments.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 91
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 60
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: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 100% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 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 · $120K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.