The Jewish Encounter Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 261250887
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2011
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Dunwoody, GA, USA
- Phone
- 6785961529
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Judaism
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $50,043
- Expenses
- $168,444
- Assets
- $22,809
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Organization's mission is to educate interfaith couples and to support them in raising jewish children. Organization's most significant activities are to organize and facilitate a trip to israel for interfaith couples. Activities also include three meetings prior to travel to israel. The organization provides approximately 3 meetings per year for 2 years post israel travel. In 2011, the jewish encounter initiated a 20-week introduction to judaism class for jews and non-jews, couples and singles, who are interested in exploring the role of jewish identity in their lives.
What it reported doing in 2011
Sixteen interfaith couples participated in the program in 2011. Emphasis of the meetings and trip is to lay a foundation and provide the tools for couples to raise jewish children. Progam participants are surveyed regarding an increase in family jewish observance in their homes and affiliation with jewish organizations. Both observance in the home and affiliation with jewish organizations support the interfaith couples in raising jewish children. In 2011, the jewish encounter initiated a 20-week introduction to judaism class for jews and non-jews, couples and singles, who are interested in exploring the role of jewish identity in their lives. Twenty-one individuals enrolled in these classes.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 94% 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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 5
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 89.1%; rating input score 89
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -236.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $150K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $17K · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.