A Chassidisher Derher

Overview

Mission

We’re on a mission to teach Yidden about Chassidus and the Chassidishe way of life. We’re on a mission to teach Yidden about Chassidus and the Chassidishe way of life About Us. But Derher is more than a magazine. Derher’s mission has always been to teach and inspire Yidden about Chassidus and the Chassidishe way of life, with special emphasis on the unique mission of our generation—Dor Hashvii, the Rebbe, and the Rebbe’s teachings. To achieve this goal, Derher runs many initiatives, forming a range of opportunities for people of all ages to connect to the Rebbe. These include: Derher for Kids Magazine, Derher Archive, Derher Audio, Derher for Kids Podcast, Derher for Kids Story Time, Derhers clubs for high schools and Yeshivas.

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.

Distribution model

Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 47
• Transparency & Controls: 60
• Accountability: 50
• Sustainability: 11
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
• Where the money goes: 54.6% of revenue deployed · 48.1% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $677K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $144K · 3 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
• Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
• 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

• Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
• High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
• Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 48/100.
• High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
• High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.