American Friends of Libi Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320081620
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Brighton, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6177380500
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Migration, Refugee Issues
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,124,620
- Expenses
- $8,496,976
- Assets
- $483,063
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
People named in this filing
- ZVI ALON (CHAIRMAN)
- SHIMSHON ERENFELD (VICE CHAIRMAN, TREASURER)
- DAVID GOLDEN (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization's primary objective is to provide educational, medical and other social services to new immigrants and underprivileged persons (and their families) as they fulfill their commitment to the israeli defense forces ("idf"). Each year, several hundreds of persons make aliyah (emigrate) to israel to escape persecution, oppression or poverty or to seek religious freedom. Many do not speak hebrew or english (israel's major languages), and many have never been exposed to, and therefore do not understand, the basic operating tenets of western society or democracy. This makes participation in and assimilation into society difficult. Because service in the idf is largely mandatory for all israelis, the organization believes that this period of service creates a unique opportunity to offer emigrants and their families appropriate education and social services.
What it reported doing in 2025
Recreational equipment for soldiersmedical suppliesseals - enhance the educational, medical, and social care of soldiers
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 98.3%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Claims monitoring procedures: Limited
- Requires narrative reports: Limited
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Limited
- Conducts site visits: Limited
- Requires grant agreements: Limited
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 48th 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; 63rd 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: Pass
- 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $8.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.