American Friends of the Jewish University in Moscow Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311795243
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2014
Official website data refreshed
Jun 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2014, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Montclair, NJ, USA
Phone
2129470505
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$128,500
Expenses
$170,383
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SPENCER FOREMAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SPENCER FOREMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • ALEKSANDER SMUKLER (SECRETARY/TREASURER)
  • YEVGENIY VISHNEVETSKY (BOARD OF DIRECTORS)

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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To support jewish educational, scientific programs and research projects of interest to the jewish community in moscow.

What it reported doing in 2014

Provide grants to support organizations throughout the world, with the goals of promoting and supporting a variety of educational and cultural programs under the sponsorship of the russian jewish congress. These have included seminars focusing on the needs of the russian jewish community, strengthening bonds between israel and russia and combating the rise of global anti-semitism. In addition, the grants support special missions of russian jewish leadership throughout the world, design and construction of a monument honoring the soldiers of the red army and a trek through the israeli desert to promote religous and spiritual advancement.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92

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: -32.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 29% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.7% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $157K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2012 to 2014
  • 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 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.