Akibayavneh Academy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752470261
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
9722395705
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Secondary, High School
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,033,166
Expenses
$16,516,672
Assets
$10,299,387
Liabilities
$2,739,422

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID RADUNSKY (PRESIDENT)
  • PAM FINE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DEBBIE KATZ (VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPM)
  • SCOTT LEVINE (VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE)
  • MERISSA KOGUTT (VICE PRESIDENT OF RECRUITM)

Highest reported compensation

  • JASON FELD (HEAD OF SCHOOL): $280,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Akiba yavneh academy (aya) is a modern orthodox, co-ed, early childhood through 12th grade college-preparatory school dedicated to providing an academically excellent and values-based general and judaic education to jewish students of all backgrounds to inspire a lifelong love of torah, higher learning, and the state of israel.

What it reported doing in 2023

To provide religious and secular education to high school students

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 69% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 80% for direct work, and 20% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.2%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.7%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.2% of revenue deployed · 83.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $280K · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.