Lewis JCC
Legal name: Young Mens-young Womens Hebrew Assoc of Bergen County
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 221487394
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- West Nyack, NY, US
- Phone
- 845-362-4400
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Family Services
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,133,128
- Expenses
- $916,620
- Assets
- $5,795,118
- Liabilities
- $47,005
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TARA MERSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ROBERTA ABRAMS (DIRECTOR)
- PAULA CANTOR (DIRECTOR)
- JEFF BOLSON (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Lewis JCC is dedicated to the enrichment and continuity of Jewish life and to the preservation and celebration of our rich heritage. The center shall strengthen individual awareness and connection to the Jewish community, the state of Israel, and the community at large through recreational, physical, educational, social, and cultural programs.
What it reported doing in 2024
Pj library-is a program which offers free jewish children's book or cd in families' mailboxes every month. Throughout the year families gather for story times and other special programs. Pj is for any family raising jewish children; affiliated, unaffiliated, interfaith or non-traditional from birth through 7 years old.j on the go is an outreach vehicle, the engine that drives family engagement, for families from prenatal to families with young children (ages 0-4) in northern nj. It is a mobile-style set of experiences that reaches families in communal spaces around their neighborhood. The pop-up-style of programming in public spaces such as parks, playgrounds, libraries, coffee shops and more, brings jewish moments to secular spaces, creating a sense of jewish community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 75% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 79
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.5%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 79.5%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19.1%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.32; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -24.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -14.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 70.5% of revenue deployed · 79.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $728K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.