Jewish Women's Archive

Legal name: The Jewish Women's Archive Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043293188
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Auburndale, MA, USA
Phone
6172322258
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,541,446
Expenses
$1,697,605
Assets
$6,017,451
Liabilities
$270,977

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JUDITH ROSENBAUM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JUDITH ROSENBAUM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $204,363 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 Women’s Archive documents Jewish women’s stories, elevates their voices, and inspires them to be agents of change. Patricia Pasin is the Development and Executive Assistant at the Jewish Women’s Archive, where she supports executive leadership, development operations, and board coordination, including donor database management and gift processing. Originally from Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Patricia grew up in a beautiful tropical city known for its warmth, music, and welcoming people. She moved to the United States seven years ago to pursue her undergraduate degree in Sociology at UMass Amherst, an experience that shaped her interest in social systems. Prior to joining JWA, Patricia worked in fundraising at Boston Children’s Hospital and later earned a Master’s degree in Business Analytics from Northeaster.

What it reported doing in 2024

Jwa's rising voices fellowship, now in its 12th year as a national program, provides training and mentorship to a select, national cohort of female-identified and non-binary teens who learn leadership skills through in-person and virtual retreats and monthly discussions on feminism, judaism, and social justice. The program strengthens their communication and thought-leadership skills through writing for our blog and syndication partners. Fellows come from diverse locations and backgrounds, and the skills they develop through exploring identity within a pluralistic community prepare them to be strong and effective 21st-century leaders. Jwa continues to offer support to the active alumnae community of more than 180 graduates, who are taking on issues such as sexual consent in jewish youth groups, climate change, and antisemitism with boldness and clarity, exemplifying the impact of jwa's training.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.1%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 64.6%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.8 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.2%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.54; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 60.1% of revenue deployed · 64.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $204K · 22 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $183K reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 29/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.