Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family Service

Legal name: The Ferd and Gladys Alpert Jewish Family & Children Service of Palm Beach C Ounty Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
591520581
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2020
Location
West Palm Beach, FL, United States
Phone
(561) 684-1991
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,383,411
Expenses
$18,833,869
Assets
$15,574,113
Liabilities
$13,532,149

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

Leadership & pay

40 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALAN I GOLDBERG (VICE PRESIDENT OF LJRFS)
  • DALE RANDS (BOARD MEMBER (THRU 04/2025), FIRST VICE PRESIDENT (EFF. 04/2025))
  • DAVID GINSBERG (VICE PRESIDENT OF INSECURITY)
  • DON ABRAMS (VICE PRESIDENT OF PQI)
  • GARY HOFFMAN (PRESIDENT (THRU 04/2025), IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT (EFF. 04/2025))
  • JENNIFER LESSER (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF OUTREACH (THRU 04/2025), PRESIDENT (EFF. 04/2025))

Highest reported compensation

  • MARC HOPIN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $232,491 total reported compensation
  • DR JERYL KERSHNER (CHILD PSYCHIATRIST): $228,713 total reported compensation
  • KELLEY WHITER (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $183,099 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Repairing the World, One Family at a Time. We believe** that supporting our team is just as important as supporting our mission. We’re committed to creating a workplace where employees feel valued, empowered, and cared for—both professionally and personally. We offer a range of benefits designed to promote well-being, encourage growth, and support a healthy work-life balance. Benefits & Perks Health Insurance. The Bereavement Program offers various stages of bereavement support groups providing a safe place to share information and feelings with others going through a loss of a spouse or partner. Care Management The Care Management Program utilizes professionals who specializes in assisting adults, older adults and their families in meeting long-term care arrangements. Alpert JFS care managers are all credentialed professionals with extensive experience working with adults, older...

What it reported doing in 2024

Community services division: community access lifeline (call) includes information and referral. The program answers more than 4,000 calls a year from community members seeking assistance with a range of personal and family needs. The professional staff assesses needs and makes the appropriate referrals within and outside of jfcs. This program also provides very minimal emergency financial assistance to members of the community who meet the jfcs criteria for financial aid. Food pantry is for individuals in need. The organization also provides food vouchers when available and appropriate as well as referrals to other community food pantries. Emergency financial assistance - if funds are available, the agency may provide limited financial assistance to jewish families experiencing a temporary financial crisis. The applicant must demonstrate that the assistance will help them resume or maintain a healthy family life. Financial assessment and verification of need along with a commitment to make necessary lifestyle changes are required. Segall college scholarship fund - a maximum of $5,000 may be provided to a jewish college student living from boynton beach north to indian river county and west to wellington and are attending a Florida college. Students are evaluated on financial need, academic achievement, community service, recreational activities, employment history, jewish life involvement and personal recommendations. Jelf (jewish educational loan fund) - jewish students living from boynton beach north to indian river county can turn to alpert jfs for help in accessing interest-free, need-based loans to supplement their financial resources, and give them the opportunity to attend full-time accredited post-secondary educational programs. Miscellaneous contracts include the medical alert systems program. Mental health first aid is a public education program that introduces participants to risk factors and warning signs of mental illnesses, builds understanding of their impact, and overviews common supports. This 8-hour course uses role-playing and simulations to demonstrate how to offer initial help in a mental health crisis and connect persons to the appropriate professional, peer, social, and self-help care. The program also teaches the common risk factors and warning signs of specific types of illnesses, like anxiety, depression, substance use, bipolar disorder, and psychosis. Bipolar disorder, and psychosis.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 45% for direct work, and 55% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - 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: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.5%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 88.9%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd 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: Pass
    • 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; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

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: 2.8%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.87; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.4%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 86.5% of revenue deployed · 88.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 31 of 31 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $16.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $232K · 40 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $173K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.