Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim
Legal name: American Friends Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 611504739
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Jerusalem, NY, Israel
- Phone
- 972-2-587-9537
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $141,692
- Expenses
- $141,901
- Assets
- $148,782
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- Martin Ehrenberg (Chairman)
- Shlomo Aviner (Officer)
- Mordechai Friedfertig (Officer)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Recognizing the value of "a healthy mind in a healthy body", AJ provides students with ample opportunity for athletic activities. In addition, to AJs on campus work out room, the yeshiva rents out a local sports facility Monday nights. Basketball (or football) and swimming every Monday night is a great outlet for students to refresh and recharge themselves. A local sports facility is a short walk from the yeshiva with basketball courts and football fields. Volunteering Our students volunteer for Yad Eliezer, packing and delivering food to the needy; and help out in local organizations.
What it reported doing in 2025
Teaching Judaism in Jerusalem using traditional Jewish texts
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.3%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 97.2%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.05; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 97.3% of revenue deployed · 97.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $138K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2025
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.