Bais Menachem Yeshiva Day School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 473770745
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2020
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- Phone
- (415) 636-9770
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $572,022
- Expenses
- $475,693
- Assets
- $161,925
- Liabilities
- $9,840
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Gedalia Potash (Director): $5,330 total reported compensation
- Hadas Zaetz (Director): $4,800 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Nurturing curious minds through a rich dual curriculum of Judaic and secular studies in San Francisco's Richmond District since 2009. Support BMYDS Contact Us © 2026 Bais Menachem Yeshiva Day School. All rights reserved. 834 28th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94121. We provide students with a Jewish learning environment with a true dual curriculum, taught by dedicated, credentialed, and experienced educators. Small Class Sizes** — Averaging 7 students per class for differentiated, personalized instruction. Orthodox Family Option** — Families stay intact without boarding school. Students grow up together over many years.
What it reported doing in 2020
Operation of a religious elementary school with aproximately 65 children enrolled
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 88% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.9%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79
- 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: Limited
- 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 16.8%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 65.9% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $377K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $5K · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.