American Friends of BICOM
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 464797900
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2020
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6469156535
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Judaism
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $31,925
- Expenses
- $30,682
- Assets
- $3,327
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Poju Zabludowicz (President)
People named in this filing
- Matthew Bernstein (Treasurer)
- Poju Zabludowicz (President)
- Gabby Morris (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Charitable and educational purposes, specifically including awareness and financial support for the activities of the British Israel Communication and Research Centre, LTD (BICOM)
What it reported doing in 2020
Charitable and educational purposes, specifically including awareness and financial support for the activities of the British Israel Communications and Research Centre, LTD (BICOM)
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80.3%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 83.5%; rating input score 84
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.9%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -58.7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -27.3% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -49.6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 80.3% of revenue deployed · 83.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $26K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2017 to 2020
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.