Westchester Torah Academy
Legal name: Friends of Westchester Torah Academy Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 461157563
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022
- Location
- New Rochelle, NY, USA
- Phone
- 914.712.6497
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $51,000
- Expenses
- $76,805
- Assets
- $2,073
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Michal Paley (PRESIDENT)
- Shira Danzig (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- Michal Paley (PRESIDENT)
- Shira Danzig (VICE PRESIDENT)
- Michelle Biller-Levy (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
At WTA, we are committed to providing an authentic Torah education and imbuing our children with a love of Torah in all aspects of life and learning. Halacha serves as the guiding force behind all decisions in our school. The quote above from Pirkei Avot teaches us that when we value the uniqueness in others as banim l'HaShem, our own unique value manifests in turn. At WTA, we apply this philosophy to all that we do, so that everyone who walks through our doors–children and adults alike–feel Seen, Known, and Valued for who they are, and for the distinctive gifts and talents they are blessed to share. To illustrate, I recently heard a story about a young boy who once (before everyone had cell phones) asked a storekeeper if he could use the telephone. The man said yes, and directed him to the phone at the back of the store. After the boy dialed the number, the storekeeper couldn't help...
What it reported doing in 2024
To raise scholarship funds for westchester torah academy.
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 65% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -50.6%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -31.8% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -25.5% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $77K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 2 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.