Beth Mardutho the Syriac Institute Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223785056
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Piscataway, NJ, USA
Phone
7329255981
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$151,933
Expenses
$106,518
Assets
$216,187
Liabilities
$37,030

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GEORGE KIRAZ (PRESIDENT)
  • THOMAS JOSEPH (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GEORGE KIRAZ (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTINE ALTINIS (TREASURER)
  • THOMAS JOSEPH (VICE 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Seeks to promote the study and preservation of the syriac heritage and language, and to facilitate opportunities for people to pursue the study of this ancient legacy globally.

What it reported doing in 2025

Programs initiated to further the mission of the syriac institute. We aim to serve the academic community and the heirs of the syriac heritage transcending denominational diversity. We carry out innovative educational projects that globalize syriac studies, making it available through the internet in every university, classroom, library, and home.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Liabilities are high compared with assets and the available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.3%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29.9%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.03; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.9% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.3% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $96K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.