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← JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY.

Totals

Total revenue
$36,578,433
Total expenses
$39,034,244
Contributions and grants received
$17,279,393
Grants paid
$536,583
Program service revenue
$17,420,861
Investment income
$1,878,179
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$72,266,215
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,753,721
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$64,512,494
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$33,357,211
Management and general expenses
$4,083,755
Fundraising expenses
$1,593,278
Program service expenses (Part III)
$33,357,211

Program services were 85.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $10,846,243

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,433,150

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $113,248

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PATIENT SERVICES

    total $17,420,861 · related or exempt $17,420,861

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,391,323 · excluded $1,391,323

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,346,269

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $6,859,413

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $486,856

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $486,856 · excluded $486,856

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $536,583 · program services $536,583

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $962,479 · program services $816,097 · management and general $109,858 · fundraising $36,524

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $19,965,395 · program services $16,966,372 · management and general $2,251,334 · fundraising $747,689

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $182,187 · program services $150,087 · management and general $24,021 · fundraising $8,079

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,469,446 · program services $1,210,542 · management and general $193,743 · fundraising $65,161

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,496,084 · program services $1,292,311 · management and general $149,439 · fundraising $54,334

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $59,965 · program services $2,980 · management and general $56,985

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $98,401 · program services $23,264 · management and general $75,137

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $89,671 · management and general $89,671

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,833,957 · program services $7,156,805 · management and general $376,429 · fundraising $300,723

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $402,806 · program services $307,690 · management and general $81,848 · fundraising $13,268

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $628,107 · program services $459,666 · management and general $62,338 · fundraising $106,103

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $996,643 · program services $750,298 · management and general $162,633 · fundraising $83,712

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $633,231 · program services $583,267 · management and general $41,597 · fundraising $8,367

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,682 · program services $20,682

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $80,157 · program services $41,519 · management and general $31,650 · fundraising $6,988

  • 20 · Interest

    total $167,491 · management and general $167,491

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $717,061 · program services $593,562 · management and general $100,033 · fundraising $23,466

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $282,069 · program services $255,173 · management and general $18,511 · fundraising $8,385

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEDICAL EQUIP. & SUPPLI

    total $1,217,494 · program services $1,217,494

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $400,109 · program services $400,109

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $242,228 · program services $242,228

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONTRACTED MEDICAL SERV

    total $78,708 · program services $66,752 · management and general $8,752 · fundraising $3,204

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $473,290 · program services $263,730 · management and general $82,285 · fundraising $127,275

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,578,553 · end of year $1,547,839

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,316,409 · end of year $1,861,057

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,565,110 · end of year $824,677

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,187,416 · end of year $2,048,873

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $298,797 · end of year $310,937

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $21,474,515

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $9,464,085

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,302,716 · end of year $12,010,430

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $42,257,715 · end of year $47,325,904

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $6,100,516 · end of year $4,388,281

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $848,353 · end of year $657,368

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $991,637 · end of year $1,290,849

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,109,260 · end of year $3,454,626

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $245,291 · end of year $837,359

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,723,861 · end of year $1,572,861

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,916,601 · end of year $1,888,875

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $23,965,436 · end of year $21,869,803

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $38,486,773 · end of year $42,642,691

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

JSSA EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO ACHIEVE WELL-BEING ACROSS THEIR LIFESPAN.

  • HOSPICE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE SUPPORT SERVICE: JSSA'S HOSPICE PROGRAM ENSURES PATIENTS EXPERIENCE COMFORT, RESPECT, AND DIGNITY IN THEIR FINAL STAGES OF LIFE. WE SERVED 2,949 INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN FY 2024. AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF REGISTERED NURSES, PHYSICIANS, SOCIAL WORKERS, CHAPLAINS, HOSPICE AIDES, AND VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE PRACTICAL END-OF-LIFE CARE WITH COMPASSION AND CULTURAL SENSITIVITY. BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT IS PROVIDED FOR 13 MONTHS FOLLOWING A LOVED ONE'S LOSS. TRANSITIONS IS A FREE NON-MEDICAL SUPPORT PROGRAM THAT HELPS INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES, UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND CARE OPTIONS AND CHOICES FOR THOSE LIVING WITH A LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESS. JSSA'S HOSPICE IS LICENSED BY THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND ACCREDITED BY COMMUNITY HEALTH ACCREDITATION PARTNERS (CHAP), A LEADER IN HOSPICE AND HOME CARE ACCREDITATION.

    Expenses $10,055,835 · Revenue $10,138,884

  • AGING IN PLACE AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR SERVICES: JSSA'S SKILLED PROFESSIONALS AND TRAINED VOLUNTEERS HELPED 5,030 OLDER ADULTS AND THEIR FAMILIES MAINTAIN THEIR WELL-BEING, SAFETY, AND INDEPENDENCE AND AVOID HOSPITALIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONALIZATIONS. OUR LICENSED, TOP-QUALITY SOCIAL WORKERS AND CARE MANAGERS COORDINATE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING ESCORTED TRANSPORTATION, HEALTHY MEAL DELIVERY FRIENDLY VISITORS, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, HOME CARE, AND MORE FOR AGING ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. JSSA'S HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR PROGRAM SERVED 368 MEN AND WOMEN IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION WHO SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST. OUR TEAM OF EXPERT CARE MANAGERS ENSURES SURVIVORS LIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR HOMES WITH DIGNITY AND A POSITIVE QUALITY OF LIFE. THE PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED BY THE CONFERENCE ON JEWISH MATERIAL CLAIMS AGAINST GERMANY (CLAIMS CONFERENCE), JFNA, THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON, NJHSA, KAVOD SHEF, THE GERMAN FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, AND THE GREATER JEWISH COMMUNITY, WITH SAFETY, JSSA PROVIDES LIMITED URGENT NEEDS ASSISTANCE, CLAIMS FILING ASSISTANCE, CARE MANAGEMENT, HOMEMAKER AND PERSONAL ASSISTANCE, PRO BONO DENTAL, HEARING, AND EYE CARE PROGRAMS, KOSHER MEAL DELIVERY, AND ESCORTED TRANSPORTATION TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.

    Expenses $9,430,637 · Grants $225,893 · Revenue $362,492

  • COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: JSSA'S TEAM OF EXPERT CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS, THERAPISTS, CARE COORDINATORS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND PSYCHIATRISTS PROVIDED A WIDE ARRAY OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES TO 2,720 INDIVIDUALS IN FY 2024. JSSA CONTINUES TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO ACCESS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. TO DO THIS, JSSA HAS EMBEDDED CLINICIANS IN SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES, SYNAGOGUES, AND DOZENS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, MAKING MENTAL HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBLE TO THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE NO ACCESS TO CARE. JSSA ALSO OFFERS SUPPORT GROUPS AND WORKSHOPS TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH THE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES THEY NEED TO OVERCOME THEIR EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES. OUR APPROACH TO CARE IS ONE OF PARTNERSHIP TO REDUCE STIGMA SO PEOPLE FEEL CONFIDENT AND ABLE TO ACCESS THE SUPPORT THEY NEED WHEN THEY NEED IT.

    Expenses $8,768,664 · Grants $168,200 · Revenue $3,239,365

  • JSSA'S EMPLOYMENT SERVICES HELPS PEOPLE GAIN INDEPENDENCE THROUH MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO 317 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IN FY24.

    Expenses $1,772,489 · Revenue $1,082,037

  • HOMECARE SERVICES EMPOWER OUR OLDER NEIGHBORS TO AGE SAFELY AT HOME. IN FY24 JSSA PROVIDED 113,709 CAREGIVING HOURS TO 110 HOMECARE CLIENTS.

    Expenses $2,874,751 · Revenue $2,533,017

  • OTHER

    Expenses $454,835 · Grants $142,490 · Revenue $65,066

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Grant B Ottenstein

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Michael Mael

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Robin Thomashauer

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Ruth Ruskin

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related
  • Althea Lloyd-White

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Capt Solomon Levy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Dorothy Matlis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Erica Strudler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Esther Newman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Harold Krauthamer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jean Moise

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jeffrey Krauthamer

    OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Joel Stillman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jonathan Harris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Marcia Nusgart

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mitchell Lahr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Patricia Goldman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Patricia Silver

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rebecca Murow Klein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rhonda Brandes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Roberta Hochberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Sarah Kaplan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Scott Green

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Susan Plotnick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Suzanne Levy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Todd Schenk

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $432,381
    From this org
    $426,321
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,060
    Hours/week
    37.5 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $414,741
    Bonus
    $3,980
    Other
    $7,600
    Deferred
    $4,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,110
    Filer's total
    $432,381
  • Kylie McCleaf

    COO

    Total calculated
    $290,370
    From this org
    $256,881
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,489
    Hours/week
    37.5 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $237,269
    Bonus
    $12,400
    Other
    $7,212
    Deferred
    $3,755
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,734
    Filer's total
    $290,370
  • Caroline Appleby

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $244,116
    From this org
    $211,111
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,005
    Hours/week
    37.5 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,606
    Bonus
    $2,030
    Other
    $9,475
    Deferred
    $3,271
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,734
    Filer's total
    $244,116
  • Amy Schiffman

    CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $344,709
    From this org
    $337,986
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,723
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $322,823
    Bonus
    $3,130
    Other
    $12,033
    Deferred
    $4,898
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,825
    Filer's total
    $344,709
  • Daniel Fischer

    ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $245,769
    From this org
    $235,776
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,993
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $232,032
    Bonus
    $2,250
    Other
    $1,494
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,993
    Filer's total
    $245,769
  • Amanda Goldfarb

    ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $225,222
    From this org
    $221,321
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,901
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,180
    Bonus
    $1,600
    Other
    $1,541
    Deferred
    $3,386
    Nontaxable benefits
    $515
    Filer's total
    $225,222
  • Jennifer Ripkin

    CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFI

    Total calculated
    $226,670
    From this org
    $195,409
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,261
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,332
    Bonus
    $1,930
    Other
    $3,147
    Deferred
    $3,021
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,240
    Filer's total
    $226,670
  • Deborah Peeples

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $231,069
    From this org
    $191,706
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,363
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,757
    Bonus
    $1,920
    Other
    $9,029
    Deferred
    $3,013
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,350
    Filer's total
    $231,069

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Discretionary spending account
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
CERTAIN EMPLOYEES HAVE A MODEST DISCRETIONARY ACCOUNT. THESE AMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED IN COMPENSATION FOR THESE EMPLOYEES.
PART I, LINE 1B
THE CEO AND THE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR REVIEWED THE EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVING THE BENEFITS, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD REVIEWED THE EXPENSES FOR THE CEO.
PART I, LINE 4B
THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN. NO AMOUNTS WERE CONTRIBUTED OR DISTRIBUTED IN 2023.
PART I, LINE 7
IN 2023, ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WERE AWARDED PERFORMANCE-BASED BONUSES. IN ADDITION, JSSA PROVIDED RETENTION BONUSES TO ACTIVE STAFF EACH QUARTER DURING THE NATION'S TIGHT LABOR MARKET.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • ROUTE 28 ASSOCIATES LLC

    HOLD PROPERTY · MD · assets $2,512,911

    Directly controlled by JSSA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541329349300344

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