Bnei Levi

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272065875
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Jackson, NJ, USA
Phone
7329053839
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,169,483
Expenses
$1,244,960
Assets
$2,370,452
Liabilities
$6,732

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ABRAHAM BENSOUSSAN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ABRAHAM BENSOUSSAN (PRESIDENT): $103,125 total reported compensation
  • ZAHAVA BENSOUSSAN (EMPLOYEE): $103,125 total reported compensation
  • CHAIM ABADI (VP): $25,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Bnei levi inc. Is a public benefit nonprofit corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. Specifically, we a)seek to stay the steady moral and ethical decline of the teenage boys and girls within the sephardic religious communities throughout the tristate area. B) instruct and train these boys and girls in drug prevention and awareness. C) promote religious observance and family traditions. D) provides tutors for students having learning difficulties. Our organization has designed and developed numerous programs in furtherance of our purposes. There are currently two (2) programs active. 1- the agency 2- ask the rabbi

What it reported doing in 2025

Ask the rabbi; the purpose of this program is to enlighten and inspire the boys and girls of the sephardic communities to retain their religious identities as well as avoid the allure of the streets and abusive substances. The rabbis are made available by phone, email and for lectures.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 86% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 89.4%; rating input score 89
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.5%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.9; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.6%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.9% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91% of revenue deployed · 89.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $103K · 6 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $150K reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.