Dorot Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Community services alleviates social isolation and brings the generations together through enriching programs. Dorot's response team volunteer corps provides older adults with one-time services such as birthday visits and calls, helps with errands and household tasks such as returning library books, organizing paperwork, and taking neighborhood walks, thus decreasing social isolation and offering needed assistance. Volunteers share older adults' concerns with social workers so that dorot can connect them to resources and professional support and promote aging in place. See schedule o for continuationdorot connections in queens offered virtual and in-person intergenerational and social engagement programs for older adults and volunteers living in New York congressional district 06 to create community using an intensive outreach recruitment and community partnership strategy. Lasting impressions offers seniors the opportunity to create their legacy in the form of an ethical will, memoir, art project or video/audio interview; and helps those interested compose advance care plans. Through four annual package delivery programs, volunteers bring packages of holiday food, treats, and essentials to home-based older adults and enjoy a friendly visit either over the phone or in the home. Dorot social workers follow-up on any unmet needs. Aging alonetogether is a six-session workshop series that provides tools, strategies, and support for adults who identify as solo agers: individuals who, by choice or circumstance, function without the support system traditionally provided by family. Bringing the generations together is a high priority for dorot and a wide range of intergenerational programs are offered that bring older adults and volunteers together to form lasting relationships. Key programs include our teen and college internship programs, family volunteering, art, music, chess and current events workshops. Genuine connections is an exclusively online space for seniors and teens to build intergenerational community through worthwhile conversation and fun activities within small and consistent groups. The combination of supportive community, personal storytelling, and reflection creates an atmosphere in which meaningful intergenerational relationships form and grow. During 2025, over 8,215 compassionate volunteers provided older adults with a range of services and social interaction.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.1%; rating input score 85
• Program expense ratio: 71.9%; rating input score 72
• Fundraising efficiency: $6.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • 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: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -7.4%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.73; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 19.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings