American Friends of the Israel Museum

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237182582
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2129975611
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,949,858
Expenses
$20,890,526
Assets
$158,573,934
Liabilities
$2,796,441

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

84 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JILL BERNSTEIN (PRESIDENT)
  • HOPE WARSCHAW (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PHYLLIS MACK (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SUSAN MARK (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • RENEE BELFER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BARBARA LANE (HONORARY PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • LEAH SIEGEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $335,483 total reported compensation
  • KELLY CALANNI (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT): $205,432 total reported compensation
  • GINETTE JEAN-BAPTISTE (DATABASE MANAGER): $190,001 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Foster and encourage liberal arts and obtain art and archaeology for the israel museum , obtain grants and contributions for and make grants and contributions to the israel museum.

What it reported doing in 2024

The american friends of the israel museum supports approved projects at the israel museum, jerusalem. The three main areas of support are the fine arts, archaeology, and the youth wing. Support includes gifts of art, funding for special exhibitions, and funding for programming across the museum's many departments. Public programs include things ranging from the museum's annual kite flying festival to music in the galleries or sculpture garden. Youth wing programs include a teacher training program, a high school matriculation program, programs bringing jewish and arab youth together, programs for at risk teens, programs for families with special needs and much more. Annual support is also provided to subsidize museum admission for students and soldiers. Additionally, since october 2023 program support has included outreach art programs and services throughout the country for internally displaced israelis and those suffering from physical and psychological trauma as a result of the war.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 97% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 99
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 90.7%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • 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: 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: 98.7%; rating input score 99; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -31%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.59; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.5% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 77 of 78 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $19M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $335K · 84 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $324K reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.