Chabad's Children of Chernobyl

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133722594
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
2126817800
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$66,765
Expenses
$49,042
Assets
$15,162
Liabilities
$711,409

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALAN CLINGMAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ALAN CLINGMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • A M DEITSCH (VICE PRESIDE)
  • SAMUEL LANGSAM (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Humanitarian rescue and aid

What it reported doing in 2024

Awarded grants to an organization which provides for children evacuated from the areas contaminated by the explosion of the chernobyl nuclear reactor in the former soviet union. The children were brought to israel where they were provided with all their medical care, special dietary and vitamin needs, housing, a full education, and the emotional and psychological support they needed because of their health issues and their separation from their families. Support was also provided to the older chernobyl children who graduated from the program and are now living on their own. They were given help finding jobs and housing, and those who wished to continue their education were provided with grants to help them with their education needs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 24
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 21.2%; rating input score 21
  • Program expense ratio: 28.8%; rating input score 29

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: 26.5%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 46.92; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -90.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -19% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 21.2% of revenue deployed · 28.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 21/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.