United Hatzalah

Legal name: Friends of United Hatzalah Inc

Overview

Mission

To provide the fastest emergency medical response across Israel, free of charge, through a community-based volunteer network.

What it reported doing in 2024

Friends of united hatzalah, inc. (fouh) raises and provides funding to not-for-profit organizations that provide medical and trauma-related first responder services in israel and around the world. Fouh focuses the majority of its support on united hatzalah of israel (uh) and its core of volunteers. Uh is israel's largest independent, non-profit volunteer emergency medical service that serves anyone in need of care, entirely for free. Fouh funds a program supporting uh volunteers in israel. This program support activities including training, recognition, and social events for uh volunteers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 87% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
113533002
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024, Form 990-N 2007
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Phone
646-833-7108
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Humanities Organizations

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.5%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 72%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.37 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 95%; rating input score 95; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.5%; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 47%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.16; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 41.5% of revenue deployed · 72% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 82 of 82 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $30.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $689K · 91 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.2M reported
  • Consistency: 43 of 44 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 12 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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

91 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • ELIEZER YEHUDA BEER (PRESIDENT): $688,791 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL LITTENBERG-BROWN (VICE PRESIDENT): $512,751 total reported compensation
  • DANIELLE DAVID (NATIONAL MAJOR GIFTS DIRECTOR): $323,175 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.