Bardejov Jewish Preservation Committee
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 204899196
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018
- Location
- Pasadena, CA, USA
- Phone
- 626.773.8808
- Rating
- 54
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Development
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,569,071
- Expenses
- $331,753
- Assets
- $1,940,286
- Liabilities
- $2,214
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- EMIL FISH (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- EMIL FISH (PRESIDENT)
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
Reviving the Jewish Heritage of Bardejov, Slovakia. The Bardejov Jewish Preservation Committee (BJPC) pursues its mission by working in the areas of restoration, education and commemoration. JUDr. Pavel Šteiner, practices law since 2006 and is the owner of Steiner & Associates s.r.o. law firm in Kosice, Slovakia, since 2009. Mr. Šteiner serves as both the Executive Director of our local nonprofit organization in Slovakia and as our legal consultant. ORIT STIEGLITZ. In 1950, Bardejov, then part of Czechoslovakia, was declared a protected city core and extensive restoration of its cultural heritage began. These efforts culminated in Bardejov receiving the European Gold Medal by the International Board of Trustees in Hamburg in 1986—the first town in Czechoslovakia to receive the award. On November 20, 2000, Bardejov was selected by UNESCO as one of its World Heritage sites, recognized...
What it reported doing in 2024
To build awareness of the cultural and historical significance of jewish life in bardejov and slovakia
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 87% 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 45
- Transparency & Controls: 85
- Accountability: 6
- Sustainability: 90
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 21.1%; rating input score 21
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 78.9%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.85; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 26.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 22.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th 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: 21.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 1 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $332K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 15 of 17 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 21/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.