Oorah

Legal name: Oorah Inc

Overview

Mission

Oorah strives to connect Jewish people all over the world with their heritage and traditions. We strive to provide a strong, all-encompassing network of personal guidance and educational resources to develop our youth into well-balanced, productive and engaged members of the community. We tailor our approach to give each child and family the resources and programs best suited to them. We care deeply about the children and families we service and are committed to their success. Knowing how essential strong family and community support are to a child’s development, our programs aim to impact every aspect of a child’s life and environment. We are there for our children around the year and throughout their lives. Because we’re a family, and family cares. What We Do.

What it reported doing in 2025

Oorah's mission is to give jewish children and their families opportunities to become active and productive members of their communities. We accomplish this through our all-encompassing, year round programs, focusing on education, extracurricular activities and family enrichment. Our full suite of programs servicing adults and children of all backgrounds include mentorship and counseling programs, summer camps, afterschool and extracurricular programs, holiday packages, family retreats and cultural events, tuition assistance, learning, and disbursement of food and clothing donations and emergency cash assistance. A network of thousands of volunteers provides the manpower for these programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 73% for direct work, and 27% for grants.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223746051
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Headquarters
Lakewood, NJ, USA
Phone
7327301000
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 78
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 78.7%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $35.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • 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: 86%; rating input score 86; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 62.5%; rating input score 62; 11th 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: 1.5%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.71; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.6%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 81.4% of revenue deployed · 78.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $36.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $164K · 17 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.3M reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 38 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 15 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 11 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.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • MARC I KORNBLAU (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $164,108 total reported compensation
  • ELIYOHU MINTZ (CEO AND TRUSTEE): $156,055 total reported compensation
  • YEHOSHUA WEINSTEIN (PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE): $146,531 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2025.