Achiezer Community Resource Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 274592919
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023
- Location
- Lawrence, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5167914444
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Family Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,710,946
- Expenses
- $2,834,429
- Assets
- $1,204,340
- Liabilities
- $436,016
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
27 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RABBI BORUCH BER BENDER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- RABBI BORUCH BER BENDER (PRESIDENT): $344,326 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Organization's mission: achiezer was designed to be a master organization which would completely remove the burden of crisis management from individuals and families dealing with various types of challenges. The organization provides medical referals, support for achiezer was designed to be a master organization which would completely remove the burden of crisis management from individuals and families dealing with various types of challenges. The organization provides medical referals, support for hospital patients, bereavement support and assistance, educational support, financial assistance, mental health guidance and assistance, insurance advocacy and etc. Additionally in the event of a disaster the organization coordinates and organizes relief and recovery efforts.
What it reported doing in 2023
Provided assistance for families contending with issues such as illness, death, family discord, mental health disorders and financial crisis by uniting professionals, rabbis, lay leaders and volunteers, and helping families navigate through these challenging times, servicing in the greater New York city metropolitan area.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 50% for direct work, and 50% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 83
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.2%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 67.1%; rating input score 67
- Fundraising efficiency: $21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.1%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 70.2% of revenue deployed · 67.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 24 of 27 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $344K · 27 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2023
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.