Charity profile · Historical source record

Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona

EIN 86-0096795Community Development Arizona Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping sustain and improve the lives of people in Southern Arizona, Israel, and around the world

For more than 50 years, the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona has served as our community's coordinating body for fundraising, planning, and communal services. Federation helps sustain and improve the lives of people in Southern Arizona, Israel, and around the world; wherever the needs are the greatest. Through a network of affiliated agencies, we help individuals and families, the old and the young, the unemployed, the homeless, the sick, the poor, and those who are persecuted or oppressed. In this way, Federation helps to fulfill a sacred Jewish promise which has shaped our culture for generations: the promise to build and care for our community here and around the world.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.20Overall score
out of 100

88.22Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$8,529,953

Total expenses · USD$5,335,189

Program expenses

$4,220,134.50 recorded amount

79.1%

Fundraising expenses

$432,150.31 recorded amount

8.1%

Administrative expenses

$672,233.81 recorded amount

12.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Stuart Mellan
Recorded compensation: $216,195.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.05%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	For more than 50 years, the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona has served as our community's coordinating body for fundraising, planning, and communal services. Federation helps sustain and improve the lives of people in Southern Arizona, Israel, and around the world; wherever the needs are the greatest. Through a network of affiliated agencies, we help individuals and families, the old and the young, the unemployed, the homeless, the sick, the poor, and those who are persecuted or oppressed. In this way, Federation helps to fulfill a sacred Jewish promise which has shaped our culture for generations: the promise to build and care for our community here and around the world.
`ein` EIN	86-0096795
`tot_exp` Total expenses	5335189.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.126
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.081
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7909999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	88.22
`leader` Recorded leader	Stuart Mellan
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	216195.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0405
`motto` Tagline	Helping sustain and improve the lives of people in Southern Arizona, Israel, and around the world
`name` Charity name	Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona
`tot_rev` Total revenue	8529953.0
`score` Overall score	91.2
`state` State code	AZ
`subcategory` Subcategory	Jewish Federations
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	4220134.499
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	432150.309
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	672233.814

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 86-0096795
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Jewish Federations
Recorded location: Arizona (AZ)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.