Women's League for Conservative Judaism
Legal name: Womens League for Conservative Judaism
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 131681984
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2013
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2013
- Location
- New York, NY, United States
- Phone
- 405.870.1260
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $962,307
- Expenses
- $961,577
- Assets
- $5,142,455
- Liabilities
- $391,486
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RITA WERTLIEB (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- SARRAE CRANE (EXECUTIVE DIR): $75,377 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Women’s League for Conservative Judaism engages, enriches, empowers and unites our Conservative/Masorti Jewish women. Women’s League for Conservative Judaism engages, enriches, empowers and unites our Conservative/Masorti members. We promote the sense of community, provide opportunities for learning and advocacy, and cultivate leaders. We are committed to Israel and the Torah Fund Campaign. Sharsharet – We are proud to continue our longtime partnership with Sharsheret, the national non-profit supporting Jewish women and families facing breast and ovarian cancer, as well as those who are at an increased genetic risk. Sharsheret’s mission to offer a community of support benefits Women’s League’s role as the network for women in the Conservative/Masorti movement. For more information on Sharsheret, including details on how you or your sisterhood can hold a Pink Shabbat, visit...
What it reported doing in 2013
Taxpayer is umbrella organization for women's auxilaries of conservative jewish synagogues in USA and abroad organization shares 1/4 of the costs of a magazine its share of the costs was $152,117.
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 96% 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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75.5%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 69%; rating input score 69
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.35; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 75.5% of revenue deployed · 69% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 184 of 184 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $664K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $75K · 18 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2009 to 2013
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.