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JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF CENTRAL JERSEY

EIN 22-1487364 ELIZABETH, NJ

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Revenue 2024
$10,568,507
Expenses 2024
$9,854,293

Program services were 87.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
655 WESTFIELD AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY IS TO FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHY FAMILY LIFE. JFS IS A MULTI-PURPOSE NON-SECTARIAN AGENCY PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND THE ELDERLY. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE COUNSELING, HOME-CARE , KOSHER MEALS-ON-WHEELS, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, INFORMATION & REFERRAL, RESPITE CARE, CAREER COUNSELING, FOOD PANTRY, VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS, CAREGIVER SUPPORT, COMMUNITY CONSULTATION, SPIRITUAL CARE, ELDER CARE MANAGEMENT, ADOPTION HOME STUDIES & POST PLACEMENT SUPERVISION, SERVICES FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN & ADULTS, SCHOOL BASED COUNSELING, ASSISTED TRANSPORTATION FOR THE ELDERLY, SUPPORT FOR AGING HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS & DAY SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & DEMENTIA. JFS HAS FACILITIES IN ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHY FAMILY LIFE AND RESPOND TO THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

  • HOMECARE SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY- WE PROVIDE IN-HOME SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY OF UNION COUNTY. SERVICES CAN INCLUDE HOMEMAKER SERVICE, CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDE SERVICE, PERSONAL CARE TRANSPORTATION SERVICE.

    Expenses $5,634,181

  • MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING INDIVIDUALS, CHILDREN & FAMILIES- WE PROVIDE OUT-PATIENT MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

    Expenses $1,157,986

  • SPECIFIC ASSISTANCE

    Expenses $1,284,919

  • HOMEBOUND MEAL PROGRAM

    Expenses $542,130

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Thomas Beck

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $221,589
    From this org
    $219,397
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,192
    Hours/week
    34

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,397
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $2,192
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $221,589
  • Maria Mullen

    DIRECTOR OF NURSING

    Total calculated
    $163,808
    From this org
    $133,832
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,976
    Hours/week
    34

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,832
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,343
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,633
    Filer's total
    $163,808
  • Susannah Berk

    Director of Finance & Admin

    Total calculated
    $162,221
    From this org
    $118,459
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,762
    Hours/week
    34

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $118,459
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,284
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,478
    Filer's total
    $162,221
  • Heidi Pekarsky

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $134,074
    From this org
    $119,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,974
    Hours/week
    34
  • Peter Jacob

    Director of Housing

    Total calculated
    $123,211
    From this org
    $108,355
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,856
    Hours/week
    34
  • Sharon Amtzis

    Director of Social Services

    Total calculated
    $101,712
    From this org
    $100,712
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,000
    Hours/week
    34
  • Laurance Appel

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Beckerman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Brooks

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Warren Eisenberg

    HONORARY BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chester Fienberg

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erwin Fisch

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Robert Fuhrman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jacqueline Gershman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Ginsberg

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Toby Goldberger

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harriet Goldman

    HONORARY BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Howard Goldsmith

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Gottlieb

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gordon Haas

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Harvitt

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Hauptman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anatol Hiller

    HONORARY BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fred Kessler

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jodi Zolkin Kiste

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $10,568,507
    Expenses
    $9,854,293
    Contributions
    $9,660,085
    Grants paid
    $1,175,228
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,086,610
    Expenses
    $9,234,985
    Contributions
    $8,272,082
    Grants paid
    $822,519
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,126,395
    Expenses
    $8,040,928
    Contributions
    $7,468,696
    Grants paid
    $633,842

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,341,753
    Expenses
    $6,914,094
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,688,426
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,518,657
    Expenses
    $6,204,519
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,000,519
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,780,984
    Expenses
    $5,852,009
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,528,871
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,972,434
    Expenses
    $5,206,125
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,435,990
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,703,606
    Expenses
    $4,550,864
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,756,308
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,090,305
    Expenses
    $4,149,639
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,726,507
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,308,755
    Expenses
    $9,249,216
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,076,718
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,212,306
    Expenses
    $5,923,223
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,820,399
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,654,125
    Expenses
    $5,533,410
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,924,888
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,699,906
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,218,516

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.