The Jewish Agency for Israel
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237254561
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, United States
- Phone
- +1-212-339-6000
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $455,512,779
- Expenses
- $378,472,779
- Assets
- $1,308,760,000
- Liabilities
- $114,989,000
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
136 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SETTON YEHUDA (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
- ELBAUM DANIEL (PRESIDENT CEO - JAID)
- AHRONOVIZ AMIRA (FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- ELBAUM DANIEL (PRESIDENT CEO - JAID): $475,784 total reported compensation
- AHRONOVIZ AMIRA (FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $332,220 total reported compensation
- SCHWARCZ JOSHUA (SECRETARY GENERAL): $327,658 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 Jewish Agency acts collectively to strengthen Israel and the Jewish people worldwide through: Advancing Aliyah as a core value; Deepening Jewish connections; Supporting resilience and security of global communities; and Encouraging every Jewish person to engage with Israel.
What it reported doing in 2024
Connecting jews worldwide offering young jews diverse israel experiences with opportunities to intern, study, volunteer and teach while living like a local in the jewish state through programs like masa israel journey sending shlichim (israeli emissaries) to communities around the world to bring israel to life and form lasting, personal relationships creating a global network of mutual support and friendship between communities in israel and those abroad through partnership2gether bringing young jews and israelis together to volunteer in disadvantaged communities while exploring their jewish identities through project ten ensuring jewish communities and institutions outside of north america are safe and equipped with protective security measures through our security assistance fund
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 56
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 81
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.5%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 88.3%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $19.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th 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: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 92.5%; rating input score 92; 42nd 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: 16.9%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.46; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 13 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 73.5% of revenue deployed · 88.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 111 of 120 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $334.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $476K · 136 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $953K reported
- Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 13 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.