JCC Rockland

What JCC Rockland does

Lewis JCC (also known as JCC Rockland) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit Jewish Community Center headquartered at 450 West Nyack Road in West Nyack, New York, operating as the designated Jewish communal hub for Rockland County. The organization delivers a unified platform of recreational, educational, social, and cultural programming across the full lifecycle, anchored by the Deborah Koenig Early Childhood Center (infants through PreKindergarten), JCC Rockland Camps (Discover, J Land, J-Tweens & J-Teens, Summer STEM, CIT), the Eisenkraft Gymnasium-based J•PLAY sports and recreation programs, a fitness and wellness facility with Pilates, nutrition counseling, and specialized Parkinson's programming, and the Chazen Center for Adult Life (lectures, travel, film festival, concerts, art gallery). Additional offerings include the JCC Cares social-action initiative, the JCC Voices content platform, and Noah's Park Playground.

The business model is a hybrid of recurring and transaction-based revenue. Recurring streams consist of individual, family, and corporate fitness memberships and program fees (camps, early childhood, after-school, group fitness, personal training). Transactional and event-driven revenue comes from facility rentals, special events (Founders Celebration, Fall Fundraiser Casino Night, Film Festival, Pocketbook Bingo), and a diversified fundraising architecture that includes the Annual Fund, Tribute Cards, Wall of Giving, Life & Legacy, and a Flood Relief Fund. Distribution is exclusively direct through the West Nyack campus and school-district partnerships for after-school services, with no disclosed pricing tiers. The technology stack is deliberately lean: Daxko serves as the third-party membership, program registration, and operations management platform, and there is no proprietary technology, no mobile app, no public API, and no AI capabilities.

The organization is governed by a Board of Directors and a staff leadership team including a Chief Development Officer and functional directors for Early Childhood, Children and Teen Programs, Sports and Recreation, and Membership. Lewis JCC operates as an affiliate of JCC Northern NJ, a regional nonprofit parent organization. The center serves 101-250 employees and operates extended hours across all seven days.

Name

JCC Rockland

Legal name

Lewis JCC

Website

https://jccrockland.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Lewis JCC (JCC Rockland) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Jewish Community Center in West Nyack, NY serving Rockland County with fitness, early childhood education, youth camps, sports, and adult cultural programming.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

West Nyack

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Individual and family fitness memberships provide recurring revenue. Corporate membership packages offer employee wellness access to businesses.
2. Program Fees: Fees for camps (summer and specialty programs), early childhood education, after-school programs, personal training, group fitness classes, and sports leagues.
3. Facility Rentals: Rental revenue from event spaces, gymnasiums (Eisenkraft Gymnasium), and facility bookings for private events and celebrations.
4. Donations and Fundraising: Annual fund, tribute cards, Wall of Giving, Life & Legacy program, and flood relief fund donations from community members.
5. Special Events: Revenue from concerts, lectures, film festival, and special events including the annual Founders Celebration and Fall Fundraiser (Casino Night).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

JCC Rockland (Lewis JCC) is a nonprofit Jewish Community Center that sells memberships, programs, and facility access to individuals, families, and businesses in Rockland County, NY. Its core offerings span fitness and wellness memberships, the Deborah Koenig Early Childhood Center, summer and specialty camps, J•PLAY youth and adult sports leagues, the Chazen Center for Adult Life cultural programming, and facility rentals for events.

Product overview

Lewis JCC is a community center offering a unified platform of recreational, educational, and cultural programs serving the Jewish community in Rockland County. The core offerings span Fitness & Wellness (with personal training, group fitness, Pilates, and specialized Parkinson's programs), Youth & Families Programming (including JCC Rockland Camps with Discover, J Land, J-Tweens & J-Teens, and Summer STEM programs; the Deborah Koenig Early Childhood Center serving infants through PreKindergarten; and family programming), Sports and Recreation branded as J•PLAY (offering Mini Sports, Youth Sports, Leagues, Pickleball, Basketball, and Racquetball), and Adult Life Programming through the Chazen Center for Adult Life (Club Time, Concerts, Game Time, Lectures and Learning, Travel, Film Festival). Additional offerings include Member Portal access for program registration and facility bookings, JCC Voices blog content platform, and the JCC Cares social action initiative. The center integrates with Daxko for operations and membership management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fitness & Wellness Memberships Recurring individual, family, and corporate fitness and wellness memberships providing access to the fitness facility, group fitness classes, personal training, Pilates, nutrition counseling, and specialized Parkinson's programs.
• Deborah Koenig Early Childhood Center Early childhood education center serving infants, waddlers, toddlers, preschoolers, and PreKindergarten students with a play-based approach and enrichment programs.
• JCC Rockland Camps Summer and specialty day camps for children and teens, including Discover, J Land, J-Tweens & J-Teens, Summer STEM, and Counselor-in-Training (CIT) programs.
• J•PLAY Sports and Recreation Recreational sports leagues, mini sports, youth sports, and drop-in play including pickleball, pickup basketball, and racquetball in the Eisenkraft Gymnasium.
• Chazen Center for Adult Life Adult programming including Club Time, concerts and special events, game time, lectures and learning, travel with the J, film festival, and art gallery.
• Corporate Wellness Membership Corporate fitness and wellness membership packages offering businesses employee access to JCC fitness facilities, group classes, and wellness programming as a workplace benefit.
• Facility Rentals Rental of event spaces, the Eisenkraft Gymnasium, and meeting rooms to members and outside groups for private events, celebrations, and gatherings.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• JCC Northern NJ: Parent organization of JCC Rockland and the most directly comparable peer. Operates the same Jewish community center model with fitness, early childhood, camps, and adult programming across northern New Jersey facilities.
• Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan: Large urban Jewish Community Center serving Manhattan with comparable fitness, aquatics, early childhood, camp, and adult cultural programming. Closest product/mission analog in the NY metro area despite larger scale.
• JCC Westchester: Suburban New York Jewish Community Center in Scarsdale offering fitness, early childhood, camps, and senior programming to a similar demographic profile as JCC Rockland in Rockland County.
• 92nd Street Y (92Y): Iconic Jewish-affiliated community and cultural center on the Upper East Side with comparable adult education, lectures, arts programming, and fitness offerings. Strong overlap on cultural and adult programming verticals.
• JCC Metrowest: Jewish Community Center serving Essex and Morris counties in New Jersey with a parallel mix of early childhood, camp, fitness, and adult programming. Direct geographic and product comparable.
• Kaplen JCC on the Palisades: Jewish Community Center in Tenafly, NJ, providing the same cradle-to-senior programming mix in a suburban northern NJ setting. Closest functional analog in terms of campus size and demographic.

Broad incumbents

• YMCA of Greater New York: Large nonprofit community fitness/recreation organization operating multiple branches across NYC metro. Competes directly for family fitness and swim members but as a much broader multi-branch incumbent rather than a single-site Jewish-affiliated center.

Regional players

• Sid Jacobson JCC: Jewish Community Center on Long Island offering comparable fitness, cultural, and adult programming with strong senior-services emphasis. Geographic peer in the broader NY metro Jewish community center system.
• JCC Stamford: Connecticut-based Jewish Community Center serving Fairfield County with similar fitness, early childhood, camp, and adult programming. Regional peer in the tri-state Jewish communal ecosystem.
• Jewish Community Center of Greater Boston: Large New England Jewish Community Center operating multiple sites with comparable fitness, early childhood, camp, and adult programming. Useful regional comparable for the JCC movement's business model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@thelewisjcc
• Facebookfacebook.com/jccrock
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jcc-rockland
• Instagraminstagram.com/thelewisjcc
• Xx.com/JCCRockland

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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