Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133392711
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2126893220
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $11,801,867
- Expenses
- $12,132,120
- Assets
- $10,379,708
- Liabilities
- $4,599,336
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- TZVIA WEXLER (NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR): $151,539 total reported compensation
- ELLA LEVINE (NATIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTO): $143,063 total reported compensation
- REVITAL DANKER (VP OF DEVELOPMENT): $128,861 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To raise funds in israel and abroad for maintaining the existing, and building new beit halochem centers, purchasing equipment and operating the vast rehabilitation network of the zahal disabled veterans organization. This includes the wide array of physiotherapy, sports and cultural activities.
What it reported doing in 2024
During 2024, friends of israel disabled veterans, inc. Transmitted to zahal disabled veterans fund of israel $10,754,757.
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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 65
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.1%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 88.6%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Limited
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Limited
- Conducts site visits: Limited
- Requires grant agreements: Limited
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- 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: -2.8%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.1% of revenue deployed · 88.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $152K · 12 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $108K reported
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.