EIN 33-0613083

Jewish Family Service of the Desert

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
25
Year formed
1994
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
To provide for the social Service needs of the Jewish and general community throughout the greater coachella valley with a commitment to promote the well being of persons of all ages, income and lifesytles. It accomplishes its purpose by making available counseling services in addition to financial aid in times of need. Its sources of income consists of an allocation from the Jewish federation of the Desert, counseling fees from clients, grants, special events and donations and as such, it is subject to various market conditions, which would affect those revenues from time to time.
Total revenues
$2,835,885
2023
Total expenses
$2,711,503
2023
Total assets
$2,798,148
2023
Num. employees
25
2023

Program areas at Jewish Family Service of the Desert

Provided counseling services, case management, information and referral support and therapy groups, all to the residents of the coachella valley on a non-sectarian basis. This includes counseling services for palm springs unified and Desert sands unified school districts' elementary schools. Jfs provided direct services to more than 2,080 men, women, and children in need.
Jfs offers many additional programs that benefit coachella valley residents. For instance: through generous grants provided by bighorn cares, the California department of social services, cities of indian wells and rancho mirage, coachella valley wellness foundation, morongo band of mission indians, pacific western bank, stater bros. Charities, and provide donors, about 126,900 in funds were disbursed for emergency needs for those with low incomes. Disbursements were made directly to vendors for necessities such as overdue rent and utilities, food and medications. the lets do lunch (ldl) program continues to offer in-person programming designed to significantly reduce senior isolation and the confounding deleterious effects known to be associated with being or feeling alone. All six locations continue to operate, offering once-monthly or twice- monthly programming, and program functions such as the quarterly distribution of a geriatric depression scale (gds) to check client mood and connections to other jfs services as well as to services provided by other agencies continue. While a small number of clients continue to wear masks, fears over covid or any other communicable disease seem to be waning in this client population. Cafe europa, the once-monthly educational and socialization program for local holocaust survivors also continues to be offered in-person at the Jewish federation of the Desert office. Although the tolerance education center has reopened, it is currently being run by a los angeles-based consulting team who has made little outreach to the local community. A small number of volunteers from the jfs auxiliary continue to assist the agencys director of community outreach to coordinate programming, and special events on hanukkah, purim, and passover continue to be held at temple sinai in palm Desert. During the reporting time period, a significant grant from the California department of social services was awarded, allowing jfs to offer substantial financial assistance to cafe europa members (holocaust survivors) through june, 2025 for items such as healthcare, durable medical equipment, dental, in-home support services, food, rental/mortgage assistance, utility payments, and case management services. the jfs express volunteer transportation program continues to be suspended, but the agency is now considering opening the program due to subsiding pandemic fears and an increase in in-person appointments. Transportation continues to be a burden for many coachella valley residents, especially seniors. Jfs has established a once-monthly volunteer-driven food distribution program in partnership with find food bank. On the first friday of each month, find delivers food boxes and fresh produce to jfs, and volunteers pack their cars with the food items and deliver them to jfs clients at several locations throughout the coachella valley. There is no charge to jfs clients, and this well-received program will expand commensurate with the recruitment of additional volunteers. the jfs counseling programs client scheduling paradigm was amended to ensure the ability to provide existing clients with a clinically- appropriate number of available appointments, reducing the number of unduplicated counseling clients seen. the move, though, improves the clinical Service offered by the agency as well as reinforcing the need to continue all efforts to increase the agencys clinical bandwidth. In order to address the need to increase clinical bandwidth in the face of therapist recruiting challenges, the jfs clinical intern program has been reinitiated under the title, increasing current and future access to mental health services. This program utilizes supervised interns to provide no-cost counseling to agencies with whom jfs is collaborating. During the reporting period, a memorandum of understanding (mou) was executed with the Desert cancer foundation, and expectations are that several additional partners will be identified as the program grows. Jfs staff members continue to participate in community efforts to improve behavioral health and senior services. the jfs director of community outreach serves as the chair of the local senior collaborative (a group of agencies providing services to seniors), and the executive director serves as the co-chair of the expanding access section of the coachella valley behavioral health collective, and he sits on the steering committee for the coachella valley resource collaborative (a group of Service providers coordinated by molina healthcare) and on advisory boards for Jewish Family Service of san diego and the riverside county transportation reimbursement and information project (trip). Jfs continues to provide needed community services, preventing homelessness and improving the quality of life for thousands of local residents annually.

Who funds Jewish Family Service of the Desert

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert AreaHumanitarian$100,000
Houston Family FoundationGeneral Operating Fund$75,000
Houston Family FoundationGeneral Operating Fund$75,000
...and 29 more grants received totalling $735,529

Personnel at Jewish Family Service of the Desert

NameTitleCompensation
Kraig JohnsonExecutive Director$108,870
Alex AguilarDirector of It and Operations Ext 108
James ManaladDirector Finance and Acc$100,425
Julie HirshDirector of Community Outreach Ext 103
Cheryl ScarlettDirector of Major Gifts and Fundraising Ext 107
...and 15 more key personnel

Financials for Jewish Family Service of the Desert

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$2,248,403
Program services$596,716
Investment income and dividends$30,193
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-1,137
Net income from fundraising events$-38,290
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$2,835,885

Form 990s for Jewish Family Service of the Desert

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062024-02-22990View PDF
2022-062023-03-17990View PDF
2021-062022-05-10990View PDF
2020-062021-03-02990View PDF
2019-062020-09-16990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s
Data update history
June 4, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
May 22, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
May 20, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 13 new grant, including a grant for $75,000 from Houston Family Foundation
October 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $16,820 from American Endowment Foundation
Nonprofit Types
Human service organizationsFamily service centersCharities
Issues
HealthMental healthHuman services
Characteristics
JewishReligiousFundraising eventsState / local levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
490 S Farrell Dr
Palm Springs, CA 92262
Metro area
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
County
Riverside County, CA
Website URL
jfsdesert.org/ 
Phone
(760) 325-4088
IRS details
EIN
33-0613083
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1994
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
P40: Family Services
NAICS code, primary
624190: Individual and Family Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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