Areivim Philanthropic Group
Legal name: Areivim Philanthropic Group Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208024537
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, United States
- Phone
- 212-792-6291
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,265,142
- Expenses
- $1,514,813
- Assets
- $688,592
- Liabilities
- $148,201
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- SARA BLOOM (CO-CHAIR)
- DEBORAH HOCHBERG (CO-CHAIR)
- DAVID GEDZELMAN (SECRETARY & TREASURER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Areivim Philanthropic Group brings together dedicated Jewish philanthropists to identify and discuss current challenges and opportunities for North American Jewry and helps them to make informed funding decisions to significantly impact the next generation of Jews and guarantee the future of the Jewish people.
What it reported doing in 2024
Grant making & sponsoring program development: making grants to support jewish and hebrew educational charitable organizations and programs, raising public awareness about jewish and hebrew educational and philanthropic initiatives in north america and israel, cooperating with other charitable organizations whether local, national, or international, for any foregoing purposes, and conducting any other activities that may be necessary, useful, or desirable for the furtherance or accomplishment of the foregoing purposes. In addition, as part of its program, the organization provides training services to staff jewish summer camps.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 73% 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 75
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 92.1%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 14th 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -19.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $422K reported
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
- 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 10/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.