Jewish Federation of Detroit
Legal name: United Jewish Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 381360585
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Bloomfield Hills, MI, US
- Phone
- (248) 642-4260
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Federated Giving Programs
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $83,350,959
- Expenses
- $56,448,259
- Assets
- $761,687,549
- Liabilities
- $162,390,766
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
44 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEVEN INGBER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
- MICHAEL BERGER (PRESIDENT)
- MINDI FYNKE (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DAVID KARP (VICE PRESIDENT)
- WARREN ROSE (VICE PRESIDENT)
- LAURENCE TISDALE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- STEVEN INGBER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $518,375 total reported compensation
- DOROTHY BENYAS (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $306,357 total reported compensation
- THEODORE COHEN (CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER): $273,149 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 Federation of Detroit's mission is to strengthen Jewish life in Detroit, Israel, and around the world through philanthropy, community building, and social services.
What it reported doing in 2024
Distribution of assets to the jewish federation's annual campaign and to other qualified 501(c)(3) organizations serving the jewish and non-secular communities locally and nationally
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 90% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 60
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 89
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.3%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $25.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 97.1%; rating input score 97; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 32.3%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.49; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 88.3% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 34 of 35 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $48.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $518K · 44 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.8M reported
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 274 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 328 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: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.