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← JEWISH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JEWISH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES.

Totals

Total revenue
$42,403,196
Total expenses
$38,393,195
Contributions and grants received
$15,884,100
Grants paid
$3,313,641
Program service revenue
$23,185,260
Investment income
$3,198,191
Other revenue
$135,645
Total assets, end of year
$95,069,131
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,175,705
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$70,893,426
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$32,572,610
Management and general expenses
$4,225,102
Fundraising expenses
$1,595,483
Program service expenses (Part III)
$32,572,610

Program services were 84.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $472,303

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $1,367,525

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $14,044,272

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $102,615

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Career & Employment Services

    total $6,072,204 · related or exempt $6,072,204

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Special Education

    total $5,650,442 · related or exempt $5,650,442

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Disability Services

    total $5,425,724 · related or exempt $5,425,724

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Emotional Well-Being

    total $4,295,744 · related or exempt $4,295,744

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Child Welfare

    total $1,235,419 · related or exempt $1,235,419

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $505,727 · related or exempt $505,727

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $774,718 · excluded $774,718

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,423,473

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,423,473

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,423,473 · excluded $2,423,473

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $41,935

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $472,303

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $193,734

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$151,799 · excluded -$151,799

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $23,510

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $19,460

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $4,050 · excluded $4,050

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $283,394 · excluded $283,394

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $283,394

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,313,641 · program services $3,313,641

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $692,856 · management and general $692,856

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $20,173,274 · program services $17,470,825 · management and general $1,731,566 · fundraising $970,883

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,031,875 · program services $904,558 · management and general $77,358 · fundraising $49,959

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,084,477 · program services $2,595,918 · management and general $345,186 · fundraising $143,373

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,740,699 · program services $1,450,035 · management and general $210,579 · fundraising $80,085

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $45,555 · management and general $45,555

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $120,593 · management and general $120,593

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,204,481 · program services $1,061,661 · management and general $123,841 · fundraising $18,979

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $157,866 · program services $55,025 · management and general $4,812 · fundraising $98,029

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,222,094 · program services $1,148,719 · management and general $44,040 · fundraising $29,335

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,342,151 · program services $1,008,359 · management and general $244,037 · fundraising $89,755

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,026,983 · program services $2,525,211 · management and general $420,363 · fundraising $81,409

  • 17 · Travel

    total $122,816 · program services $117,047 · management and general $4,032 · fundraising $1,737

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $214,144 · program services $130,612 · management and general $74,359 · fundraising $9,173

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $196,034 · program services $186,996 · management and general $8,914 · fundraising $124

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $506,762 · program services $461,927 · management and general $31,766 · fundraising $13,069

  • 24a · Other expenses: Subscriptions/Reference

    total $86,166 · program services $64,990 · management and general $12,870 · fundraising $8,306

  • 24b · Other expenses: Membership Dues

    total $61,541 · program services $32,253 · management and general $29,288

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $49,187 · program services $44,833 · management and general $3,087 · fundraising $1,267

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $896,507 · end of year $569,359

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $15,340,767 · end of year $17,173,380

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $200,164 · end of year $200,164

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,554,427 · end of year $5,688,034

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $174,528 · end of year $413,834

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

    $2,559,457

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

    $1,384,358

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $832,157 · end of year $1,175,099

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $49,107,105 · end of year $51,908,087

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $19,382,456 · end of year $17,941,174

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,501,924 · end of year $3,723,227

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $296,679 · end of year $127,890

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $21,506,180 · end of year $20,324,588

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $52,250,104 · end of year $56,312,770

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,933,224 · end of year $14,580,656

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

JCFS Chicago services and programs support wellbeing for children, teens, adults and families regardless of race, culture, religion, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, or any other classification protected by law.

Activities or mission (Part I)

JCFS Chicago is a nonprofit social service organization that strengthens self-sufficiency, belonging, and well-being among individuals and families in the Jewish and broader Chicago communities.

  • Emotional Wellbeing - JCFS masters and doctorate level clinicians offer therapy and case management services for children, teens, adults, couples and families in an emotionally safe setting where they can develop positive strategies and strengthen connections within their families and community. JCFS staff promote personal growth for individuals in response to a variety of issues, including anxiety, depression, illness and loss, mental health, family conflict, life transitions and more. In addition, we provide integrative counseling and psychological testing to understand learning differences, cognitive, emotional and other mental health disorders.Response for Teens supports young people, their families and systems of support by providing counseling, leadership development, and inclusive sexual health and healthy relationship education. Through community centered services, JCFS provides culturally sensitive education, and support that address issues impacting Jewish adults, children, couples, families, and the community, such as support groups, abuse prevention, addiction resources, adoption and infertility support, spiritual supports, chaplaincy services and community education.Virginia Frank Child Development Center offers preventive and therapeutic services for families with children from birth to six years old, including individual, group and family counseling, and training and consultation for early childhood professionals. Kaufman Wolf Center for Trauma and Resilience supports the ability of individuals, organizations, and communities to build resilience, recover, adapt, and grow in the face of adversity, big or small.Child Welfare services deliver clinical supports for children and teens in the child welfare system, by providing individual and family therapy, life skills classes, connections to respite care and case management services.HIAS Immigration & Citizenship provides comprehensive immigration, citizenship, and refugee services to ensure that individuals and families are provided with the resources and assistance necessary for a safe and successful transition to the United States.

    Expenses $10,586,311 · Grants $978,949 · Revenue $4,295,744

  • Employment Services - JVS Career & Employment empowers and supports people of all ages who are unemployed and may be experiencing challenges with their job search. Individuals work with a career counselor to develop a plan focused on career exploration, resum building, interviewing skills, and creating a social media profile. Contracted Employment Services assist adults with disabilities and other barriers to employment obtain and maintain jobs in janitorial or administrative support services.

    Expenses $7,265,760 · Grants $2,226,584 · Revenue $6,072,204

  • Special Education - The Knapp School & Yeshiva offers an adaptive learning environment for students (K-12+) with varying needs, such as emotional, behavioral, and learning challenges to those facing difficulties with attention, executive functioning, and impulse control. Collaboration between school staff, parents and mental health professionals allows for an individualized education. Our Yeshiva offers religiously observant children a therapeutic school program while also fulfilling the mitzvah of learning Torah and tefillah.

    Expenses $7,113,547 · Grants $14,371 · Revenue $5,650,442

  • JCFS Chicago is committed to empowering children and adults with intellectual/ developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families to maximize independence, increase self-determination, build a quality life and become integral members of their communities. Our Integrated Pediatric Therapies offer individualized services for infants and children with developmental delays and disabilities and their families, such as speech-language and occupational therapy.Services for people with disabilities and their families include social opportunities, inclusive community-based group living, home-based waiver for children and adults with I/DD, respite support, Sibshops, assistance and training for independent living, and educational and support groups covering a variety of topics.Duman Opportunity Center helps people with disabilities find and maintain meaningful employment through high-quality, customized services, such as job readiness training, placement assistance, retention strategies, and job coaching. For employers looking to build an inclusive workplace, we offer support and training to help businesses embrace disability inclusion in their hiring practices.

    Expenses $6,319,451 · Grants $84,530 · Revenue $5,425,724

  • Child Welfare - Clinical Child Welfare Services provide intensive support to high-risk children in foster care to stabilize placements and prevent entry into higher levels of care. For families formed through adoption or subsidized guardianship whose children are experiencing emotional, education, medical or behavioral issues, our clinicians provide services in Spanish and English that include home-based individual and family therapy, grief counseling, crisis intervention and serve as a court, school or community advocates.

    Expenses $1,287,541 · Grants $9,207 · Revenue $1,235,419

  • All Other Programs

    Revenue $505,727

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Simon Fleischmann

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Enrich Sternberg

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Howard Suskin

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeanette Zemsky

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Brimm

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alan Alport At-Large Executive

    Committee Member until 9/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gayle Miller

    At-large Executive Committee Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Neil Posner

    At-large Executive Committee Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Louis Robinson

    At-large Executive Committee Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Capone

    Immediate Past Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eric Baer

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Neil Berg

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hillary Coustan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Elkayam

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Glenn Ferencz

    Board Member until 9/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Ferencz

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stanley Friedell

    Board Member until 9/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew Glick

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Gray

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd Grayson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Greenbaum

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cheri Grossman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carol Henriques

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zach Kafitz

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Kaufman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Keith

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda Kellough

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pam Levy

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Lorber

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Lucas

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Doug Novack

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marshall Pred

    Board Member until 9/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elisha Prero

    Board Member until 9/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Randee Romanoff

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victoria Stender

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Tarantur

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Liz Turnispeed

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara Wolf

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stacy L Shor

    President/CEO

    Total calculated
    $489,108
    From this org
    $341,502
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $147,606
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $288,911
    Bonus
    $51,000
    Other
    $1,591
    Deferred
    $106,385
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,221
    Filer's total
    $489,108

  • Vincent M Everson

    VP & Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $277,365
    From this org
    $233,646
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,719
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,289
    Bonus
    $16,000
    Other
    $1,357
    Deferred
    $30,406
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,313
    Filer's total
    $277,365

  • Judd Holzman

    VP & Chief Development Officer

    Total calculated
    $228,073
    From this org
    $206,481
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,592
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,481
    Bonus
    $16,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,877
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,715
    Filer's total
    $228,073

  • Karen Corken

    Chief Operating Officer until 7/24

    Total calculated
    $193,245
    From this org
    $168,313
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,932
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $118,321
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $47,992
    Deferred
    $5,151
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,781
    Filer's total
    $193,245

  • Kameka Love

    VP/Chief People & Culture Officer

    Total calculated
    $258,186
    From this org
    $185,422
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,764
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,348
    Bonus
    $16,000
    Other
    $74
    Deferred
    $29,163
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,601
    Filer's total
    $258,186

  • Jennifer M Gramann

    Assoc. VP, Disability Services

    Total calculated
    $216,307
    From this org
    $198,958
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,349
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,585
    Bonus
    $16,000
    Other
    $373
    Deferred
    $4,624
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,725
    Filer's total
    $216,307

  • Craig Nakamoto

    Director, IT Services

    Total calculated
    $181,975
    From this org
    $129,186
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,789
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,494
    Bonus
    $15,926
    Other
    $766
    Deferred
    $13,420
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,369
    Filer's total
    $181,975

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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 4a
The following individual received severance payments in 2024. These payments are reported as taxable compensation on Part II, Column b(iii): Karen Corken, Severance - $47,789

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
19 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202600839349301800

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