Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco Marin & Peninsula
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE ON ISSUES OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO THE ORGANIZED JEWISH COMMUNITY BASED ON CONSENSUS, CIVILITY AND AN EXPANDED COMMITMENT TO LIVING JEWISH VALUES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE.
- Income
- $5.7 million
- Spending
- $5.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 56%
- Reserves
- 15.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 94%
- Employees
- 33
- Volunteers
- 20
- Highest pay
- $330,577, chief executive officer
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 78 out of 100.
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 15.6 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 9% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 12% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 46% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1556% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 20 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 2520 of 20 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $2.0 million spent. JCRC COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROGRAMSIN JCRC'S GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS WORK, WE BUILT AND DEEPENED RELATIONSHIPS WITH 500+ DIVERSE BAY AREA ELECTED OFFICIALS AT ALL GOVERNMENT LEVELS, THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS, ATTENDANCE AT PROGRAMS AND CONFERENCES, EDUCATIONAL AND JEWISH HOLIDAY EVENTS AND MORE. WE GREW JCRC'S BAY AREA NETWORK OF JEWISH OFFICIALS (BANJO) TO 71 MEMBERS, FURTHERED THEIR LEADERSHIP ON JEWISH ISSUES THROUGH AN OVERNIGHT "BANJO CAMP" RETREAT AND CREATED AN ALUMNI COHORT. BANJO MEMBERS JOINED JCRC AT THE ANNUAL JPAC CAPITOL SUMMIT IN SACRAMENTO. JCRC EDUCATED MORE THAN 160 PEOPLE THROUGH A VIRTUAL "JEWISH COMMUNITY SAFETY BRIEFING" FOR SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENTS, HONORED INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY WITH TWO EVENTS AT SAN JOSE CITY HALL, AND JOYFULLY CELEBRATED PASSOVER WITH MORE THAN 650 JEWISH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND FRIENDS NEW AND OLD, ACROSS TWO INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL JCRC FREEDOM SEDERSOUR 29TH IN SAN FRANCISCO AND OUR INAUGURAL IN SAN JOSE.IN OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WORK, JCRC BUILT AND DEEPENED RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER BAY AREA MINORITY COMMUNITIES. WE CONTINUED THE WORK OF THE AAPI-JEWISH ROUNDTABLE WITH A JCRC-LED CONVERSATION ON ANTISEMITISM, ANTI-ASIAN HATE AND DEMOCRACY. WE PARTNERED WITH LEADERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BLACK COMMUNITY ON A "RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES" PROJECT, AND CELEBRATED MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY AT THE SAN JOSE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY'S ANNUAL LUNCHEON. WE JOYFULLY CELEBRATED THE HINDU AND JEWISH SPRING HOLIDAYS OF HOLI AND PURIM IN A JOINT EVENT, AND, WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATION HINDU AMERICAN FOUNDATION, CONVENED THE FIRST MEETING OF THE HINDU-JEWISH ROUNDTABLE. JCRC ORGANIZED THE LARGEST-EVER JEWISH CONTINGENT IN THE SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE PARADE, AND WAS A KEY ORGANIZER IN BRINGING THE SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY TO MARCH IN THE SILICON VALLEY PRIDE PARADE. JCRC STRENGTHENED RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOUTH BAY FAITH LEADERS BY CO-HOSTING AN INTERFAITH SUKKOT WITH A SAN JOSE TEMPLE. IN JCRC'S JEWISH AFFAIRS WORK, WE FORMALLY LAUNCHED OUR "HERE I AM: JEWISH IDENTITY AND ANTISEMITISM TRAINING" INITIATIVE, WHICH OFFERS CUSTOMIZABLE WORKSHOPS FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING UNDERSTANDING OF JEWISH IDENTITY AND ANTISEMITISM. WE DELIVERED 52 TRAININGS ON JEWISH IDENTITY AND ANTISEMITISM TO ORGANIZATIONS IN THE BAY AREA AND BEYOND, REACHING MORE THAN 8,700 PEOPLE; AND HOSTED AN EIGHTH REGIONAL "HERE I AM" PRESS CONFERENCE, IN SAN JOSE. WE RE-RAN JCRC'S SURVEY OF BAY AREA JEWISH IDENTITY, POLLING 800 BAY AREA JEWS IN LATE 2024 ON HOW THEY VIEW THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY AND EXPERIENCE ANTISEMITISM (AND SHARED RESULTS WITH KEY LEADERS). WE CALLED ON EVERY BAY AREA CITY COUNCIL AND SCHOOL DISTRICT TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.IN OUR K-12 EDUCATION WORK, JCRC VASTLY EXPANDED OUR BAY AREA PORTFOLIO, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PRIVATE AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, JEWISH EDUCATORS AND AN ADDITIONAL 100 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN SILICON VALLEY. TOWARD A SAFE AND WELCOMING EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR K-12 JEWISH STUDENTS, WE CONTINUED TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH BAY AREA EDUCATION LEADERS; SENT A HOST OF RESOURCES TO DISTRICTS; PRESENTED TWO COMMUNITY EDUCATION UPDATES; DELIVERED 11 TRAININGS ON ANTISEMITISM, JEWISH IDENTITY AND RELATED TOPICS TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS; EXPANDED JCRC'S ANTISEMITISM TRAINING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS; AND LAUNCHED TEACHERS UNITED BAY AREA, A NETWORK FOR BAY AREA JEWISH EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS. TOWARD POSITIVE JEWISH INCLUSION IN ETHNIC STUDIES COURSES, JCRC CONTINUED TO ENGAGE WITH DISTRICTS CONSIDERING A CURRICULUM, PROVIDED FEEDBACK TO THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE JEWISH CAUCUS ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION AND CONTINUED TO COORDINATE WITH AND ADVISE JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS AND BEYOND CALIFORNIA.IN OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK, JCRC FACILITATED MORE THAN 14 EVENTS IN THE BAY AREA OVER OCTOBER 6-7, BRINGING TOGETHER MORE THAN 10,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF OCTOBER 7. WE MOUNTED A #DAYOFYELLOW SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE THE BROADER COMMUNITY THAT 101 HOSTAGES WERE STILL BEING HELD BY HAMAS, AND SUPPORTED TWO MEMORIAL VIGILS FOR SIX HOSTAGES MURDERED BY HAMAS. AS PART OF JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, JCRC PROUDLY HOSTED 200 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT A SPECIAL PARADE COMMUNITY NIGHT AT SAN FRANCISCO'S ORPHEUM THEATRE; PARADE IS THE TONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL BASED ON THE HARROWING TRUE STORY OF LEO FRANK, A JEWISH MAN WRONGFULLY CONVICTED OF MURDER IN 1913 GEORGIA. IT CONFRONTS THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF ANTISEMITISM, RACISM AND INJUSTICE - THEMES THAT CONTINUE TO RESONATE DEEPLY TODAY.
- $729,795 spent. JCRC EMERGENCY FUNDTHROUGH EMERGENCY FUND, WE ALLOCATED RESOURCES TO MAXIMIZE OUR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS BY ONBOARDING A CRISIS-COMMUNICATIONS FIRM, INCREASED OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING, AND EXPANDED OUR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY FOR RAPID RESPONSE AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS.
- $75,220 spent. DOUG KAHN ISREAL TRAVEL OUTREACH FUND (ISRAEL TRIPS)JCRC'S ISRAEL SEMINARS BRING INFLUENTIAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CIVIC LEADERS FROM ACROSS AND BEYOND THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA TO ISRAEL, WITH THE GOAL OF HELPING THEM BETTER UNDERSTAND JEWS, JUDAISM AND ISRAEL THROUGH THIS HANDS-ON JOURNEY. OVER 8-10 DAYS OF TRAVERSING THE COUNTRY, PARTICIPANTS MEET WITH PROFESSIONAL COUNTERPARTS, LEADING THINKERS, DIPLOMATS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND STRATEGISTS, AND GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OF ISRAEL BEYOND WHAT COULD BE LEARNED BACK AT HOME OR THROUGH MAINSTREAM WESTERN MEDIA. PARTICIPANTS LEARN ABOUT THE COMPLEXITY AND BEAUTY OF ISRAEL, THE DIVERSITY OF JEWISH AND ISRAELI IDENTITIES, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES IN ISRAEL AND THE SECURITY AND GEOPOLITICAL CHALLENGES FACING ISRAEL - NOW MORE ACUTE THAN AT ANY TIME IN THE PAST 50 YEARS. SITE VISITS INCLUDE BEARING WITNESS AT THE GAZA BORDER AND THE SITE OF THE NOVA MUSIC FESTIVAL.IN SELECTING POTENTIAL ISRAEL SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS, JCRC IDENTIFIES PEOPLE IN THE DIVERSE BAY AREA COMMUNITY WHO CAN BE AMPLIFIERS; WHO WILL SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT THEY LEARNED ABOUT JEWS, JUDAISM, ZIONISM AND ISRAEL; AND WHO WILL EXPOSE THEIR CONSTITUENCIES TO JEWISH VALUES AND ASPIRATIONS. FOLLOWING OUR TRAVELS TOGETHER, JCRC'S BROAD DOMESTIC AGENDA ALLOWS US TO STAY IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH TRIP PARTICIPANTS AND ALUMNI, DEEPENING THE RELATIONSHIP AND CREATING MUTUAL SUPPORT ON ISSUES OF COMMON CONCERN.JCRC POSTPONED OUR TWO PLANNED TRIPS TO ISRAEL LAST YEAR DUE TO ONGOING FALLOUT FROM THE OCTOBER 7 ATTACK AND ENSUING WAR, AND TO FIGHTING BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANON AND BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN. WE STRENGTHENED THE JCRC ISRAEL SEMINAR ALUMNI INITIATIVE, PROVIDING ALUMNI WITH MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO MORE DEEPLY UNDERSTAND THE CONFLICT, THROUGH AN AUGUST VIRTUAL LECTURE BY DR. MASUA SAGIV, KORET VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF JEWISH AND ISRAEL STUDIES AT UC BERKELEY AND SENIOR FACULTY AT THE SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTE, ON THE INTERNAL ISRAELI POLITICS OF A HOSTAGE DEAL; AND A NOVEMBER PRIVATE BREAKFAST WITH DR. MOHAMMAD DARAWSHE OF THE GIVAT HAVIVA CENTER FOR SHARED SOCIETY AND SHALOM HARTMAN, WHO SPOKE ABOUT HIS PERSPECTIVE ON THE SITUATION IN GAZA AND LEBANON, ITS IMPACT ON JEWISH-ARAB RELATIONS WITHIN ISRAEL, AND HIS PERSONAL TRAGEDY OF LOSING HIS COUSIN ON OCTOBER 7.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 1972.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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