JFS St. Louis

Name

JFS St. Louis

Legal name

Jewish Family Services

Website

https://jfsstl.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1871

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) & Public Behavioral Health Providers (HLAFACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs (BPAIAKAF), Caregiver Support & Education Programs (Center-Based) (HSABANAN), Community Health & Prevention Program Funding (HLAJALAF), Special Needs Adult Day Programs (Developmental/Physical Disabilities, Seniors) (HLADAIAI)

Keywords

• Mental health counseling
• Food pantry services
• Older adult care
• Child abuse prevention
• Social services nonprofit

Headquarters

HQ city

St Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring cash donations from individuals, including gifts of stock, donor advised funds, and tribute/memorial gifts
2. Annual Giving Societies: Tree of Life Society requires $1,000+ annual contributions; Eternal Light Society recognizes legacy planned gifts
3. NAP Tax Credits: Neighborhood Assistance Program tax credits where donors receive 50% of donation as Missouri state tax credit (minimum $1,000)
4. In-Kind Food Donations: Food donations to support the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry operations
5. Foundation Grants: Grant funding from foundations such as Staenberg Family Foundation ($25,000 for Holocaust survivor services) and Jewish Federation of St. Louis
6. NORC Membership Dues: Annual membership dues for NORC program: Individual $35/year, Household $50/year, Friends $25/year

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

JFS St. Louis is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit human services agency that delivers a coordinated portfolio of programs to children, families, and older adults across the St. Louis region. Its core offerings include the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry (the largest food pantry in St. Louis County), licensed mental health counseling and psychiatry, the Child Abuse Prevention Program (CAPP) delivered in 150+ schools, Older Adult Services including the ElderLink referral helpline and the St. Louis NORC aging-in-place program, and a Chaplaincy Program providing spiritual care to the Jewish community.

Product overview

JFS St. Louis is a nonprofit social services agency offering a coordinated portfolio of programs serving children, families, and older adults. The core service offerings include: the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry (largest food pantry in the region); Mental Health Services (counseling, psychiatry, and diagnostic testing); the Child Abuse Prevention Program (CAPP) for child safety education; Older Adult Services including ElderLink referral helpline and St. Louis NORC; Chaplaincy spiritual care; and Care Connect intake services. These programs operate as distinct service lines under the unified JFS organization, sharing case management infrastructure and the Care Connect intake system to provide holistic support to clients across St. Louis County.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry: The largest food pantry in the St. Louis region, providing nutritious food, fresh produce and kosher options to children, families and older adults facing food insecurity.
• CAPP (Child Abuse Prevention Program)
• ElderLink
• Care Connect
• Chaplaincy Program
• St. Louis NORC

Products and services

• Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry The largest food pantry in the St. Louis region, providing at least 7-10 days of food per month including kosher options. Serves 19,000+ individuals annually across St. Louis County, with up to 6,500 monthly visitors, fresh produce, protein-rich foods, and appointment-based distribution.
• Mental Health Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves 50,000+ clients annually
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and major.

• St. Louis Area Agency on Aging (SLAAA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSLAAA serves as a referral partner connecting seniors to JFS services. When a misdial reached Ms. Aarons, SLAAA connected her to JFS for in-home support services.
• AmerenminorOthersAmeren is a utility company that JFS case managers advocate with on behalf of clients facing electricity shutoffs. JFS helped client Lucille get electricity restored by advocating her medical needs to Ameren.
• Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community SchoolmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool partners with JFS food pantry through weekly canned food donations, special food drives during busy times, and middle school social justice trips. Students learn about food insecurity and tikkun olam (healing the world).
• Temple IsraelmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTemple Israel volunteers regularly support the Harvey Kornblum Food Pantry, with 9-12 members volunteering multiple times yearly. The synagogue also delivers hundreds of pies during Thanksgiving.
• Krilogy Wealth ManagementminorOthersKrilogy Wealth Management serves as JFS's brokerage for stock gifts. Donors can transfer publicly traded stocks, bonds, ETFs, and mutual funds through this relationship.
• Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDonald Danforth Plant Science Center hosts the NOURISH: A Party for the Pantry fundraising event benefiting the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• National Council of Jewish Women: National advocacy and service organization with St. Louis chapter — provides adjacent education, advocacy, and direct-service programming to similar populations but at federation/advocacy scale.

Regional players

• Catholic Charities of St. Louis: Largest faith-based human services agency in the St. Louis region — operates food pantries, counseling, immigration, and senior services, often competing for the same donor and client base as JFS St. Louis.
• St. Louis Area Agency on Aging: Government-funded Area Agency on Aging serving older adults in the St. Louis region — JFS's primary referral source and direct service-line competitor for Aging-in-Place programs and NORC-equivalent offerings.

Direct peers

• Jewish Family Service of Silicon Valley: Bay Area Jewish family service with mental health, refugee/immigrant, and older adult programs; similar multi-program community-services model.
• JF&CS of Minneapolis: Minneapolis-based Jewish Family & Children's Service offering counseling, aging services, and disability support; comparable Midwest Jewish human-services profile.
• Jewish Social Service Agency (JSSA): Maryland/DC-area Jewish social service agency providing mental health, older adult, disabilities, and case management — direct multifaith human-services analogue.
• Jewish Family Services of San Diego: San Diego JFS providing mental health, refugee resettlement, older adult, and case management — closely aligned portfolio and member of the same NJHSA network.
• Jewish Family Service Los Angeles: Largest Jewish family service agency on the West Coast, providing mental health, older adult, food, and case management services across LA — directly comparable multi-program Jewish human-services model with similar revenue diversification.
• Jewish Family & Children's Services of Atlanta: Atlanta-based JFCS delivering mental health, older adult, disabilities, and family services; direct Southeast regional peer in the same NJHSA network.
• Jewish Family & Children's Service of Boston: Major Greater Boston JF&CS offering mental health, older adult, disability, and family support services under the NJHSA banner; nearly identical service portfolio and funding structure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/JFSSTL
• Instagraminstagram.com/jfsstl
• Xx.com/JFSSTL
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jfsstl

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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