Jewish Family Service
Meets Standards
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Board Oversight
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Board Meetings
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Board Compensation
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Conflict of Interest
Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
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Effectiveness Report
Finances
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Program Expenses
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Fundraising Expenses
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Accumulating Funds
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Audit Report
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
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Accurate Expense Reporting
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Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
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Truthful Materials
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Annual Report
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Website Disclosures
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Donor Privacy
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Cause Marketing Disclosures
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Complaints
Jewish Family Service meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
Jewish Family Service strengthens lives and enhances our diverse community by providing exceptional and transformational human services.
Year, State Incorporated:
1943, OH
For over 80 years, Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area (JFS) has strengthened lives and enhanced our diverse community by providing exceptional and transformational human services. Guided by Jewish values, JFS strives for a community where everyone lives with dignity, security, and hope.
JFS serves individuals who have low or fixed incomes, many of whom also need support for depression and other mental illness; older adults, including those who are frail and isolated, as well as Holocaust survivors and Jewish refugees from the former Soviet Union; and children, youth, and families who need support navigating mental health challenges and care needs.
JFS's highly credentialed staff leverage our in-depth understanding of community resources and strong professional relationships with individual clients to tailor a care plan to meet their needs and to help them improve their economic wellbeing, navigate mental health challenges, or address the complex changes that can come with growing older.
In 2024, JFS served 2,981 clients in Greater Cincinnati through our primary programs and services:
• The Barbash Family Vital Support Center (VSC), which supports individuals experiencing economic hardship, domestic violence, and/or mental illness in an environment that is culturally sensitive and affirming. VSC programs and services include the Heldman Family Food Pantry, care management, financial assistance through the Chaver Fund, and therapeutic social programming.
• Aging and Caregiver Services (ACS), which provides individualized client services and therapeutic social programming to older adults in our community. This includes care management, older adult counseling, the Center for Holocaust Survivors, the Russian Jewish Cultural Center, AgeWell Cincinnati, K’vod Connect (pastoral care working to end social isolation), Adult Day Services, and StarPoint Home Care. The goal of ACS is to help older adults retain their quality of life and independence
and allow family caregivers to honor their aging loved ones.
• Youth Mental Health Services (YMH), which works with youth, families, community organizations, and mental health professionals to execute effective interventions and meet the mental health needs of
youth, teens, young adults, and their families. This program focuses on the high impact/high risk target group of Jewish youth and young adults (ages 10-26) where we currently see the biggest gap in services.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, Jewish Family Service's program expenses were:
| Aging and Caregiver Services | $5,357,390 |
| StarPoint Homecare | $1,422,851 |
| Vital Services | $1,067,671 |
| Youth Mental Health | $636,748 |
| Adoption, Youth, and Family programs | $10,549 |
| Total Program Expenses | $8,495,209 |
Chief Executive
Liz Vogel, CEO
Chair of the Board
Ellen W. Feld MD, Board President
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Board Size
26
Paid Staff Size
53
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Telephone appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.), Appeals via Social Media (Facebook, etc.), Solicitations for Used Cars
This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
The following information is based on Jewish Family Service's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Source of Funds
| Grants and contributions | $5,205,717 |
| The Jewish Foundation grants and allocations | $2,579,495 |
| Program fees and other | $1,573,222 |
| Jewish Federation of Cincinnati allocation | $825,000 |
| Donated services | $152,311 |
| United Way allocation | $74,999 |
| Total Income | $10,410,744 |
Programs: 86% Fundraising: 3% Administrative: 11%
| Total Income | $10,410,744 |
| Total expenses: | $9,866,977 |
| Program expenses | $8,495,209 |
| Fundraising expenses | $260,771 |
| Administrative expenses | $1,110,997 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $543,767 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $7,248,564 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $536,532 |
| Ending Net Assets | $8,328,863 |
| Total Liabilities | $1,663,535 |
| Total Assets | $9,992,398 |
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