Yeshivat Maharat
Legal name: Yeshivat Maharat Inc
Overview
Mission
A world in which Judaism is relevant, Jewish communities are educated, and diverse leaders guide individuals to live spiritually engaged lives. Mission To educate, ordain, and invest in passionate and committed Orthodox women who model a dynamic Judaism to inspire and support individuals and communities. Ordination.
What it reported doing in 2024
The yeshivat maharat curriculum is partially modeled on orthodox ordination programs with the goal of providing students the necessary skills to be confident spiritual leaders in the jewish community. Upon graduation, they will be experts in jewish law, talmud, bible, jewish thought and will also have strong rhetorical facility and counseling proficiency. In addition to mastery of text and its application to contemporary situations, students will participate in courses in pastoral education, practical rabbinics and professional development. There will also be special programs in inter-denominational dialogue, inter-faith dialogue and inclusiveness of marginalized groups within.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 72% for direct work, and 28% for grants.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 010954142
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Aug 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2009
- Headquarters
- Bronx, NY, USA
- Phone
- 718.796.0590
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Higher Education Institutions
- Affiliation
- Judaism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 72
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.2%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: 76.5%; rating input score 77
- Fundraising efficiency: $11.57 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Fail
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.8%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 22.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 65.2% of revenue deployed · 76.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $196K · 21 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 annual filings from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- SARA HURWITZ (PRESIDENT): $196,146 total reported compensation
- JEFFREY FOX (ROSH HAYESHIVA AND DEAN OF FACULTY): $172,218 total reported compensation
- ELIZABETH OFFENBACH (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT): $161,343 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.