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Jewish Council on Urban Affairs

EIN 36-2538957Community Development Illinois Small

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Chicago's Jewish voice for social justice.

Over the past fifty years, JCUA has flourished as the Jewish voice for social justice in Chicago. Our longstanding mission to combat poverty, racism and antisemitism in partnership with diverse communities, has been a consistent unifying message and guiding light for our work.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

79.48Overall score
out of 100

71.26Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$983,031

Total expenses · USD$863,251

Program expenses

$616,361.21 recorded amount

71.4%

Fundraising expenses

$157,111.68 recorded amount

18.2%

Administrative expenses

$88,914.85 recorded amount

10.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.17 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Judith Levey
Recorded compensation: $98,230.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 11.37%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	Over the past fifty years, JCUA has flourished as the Jewish voice for social justice in Chicago. Our longstanding mission to combat poverty, racism and antisemitism in partnership with diverse communities, has been a consistent unifying message and guiding light for our work.
`ein` EIN	36-2538957
`tot_exp` Total expenses	863251.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.10300000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.17
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.182
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7140000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	71.26
`leader` Recorded leader	Judith Levey
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	98230.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.1137
`motto` Tagline	Chicago's Jewish voice for social justice.
`name` Charity name	Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
`tot_rev` Total revenue	983031.0
`score` Overall score	79.48
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Housing and Neighborhood Development
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	616361.214
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	157111.682
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	88914.853

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-2538957
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Housing and Neighborhood Development
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.