Fund for the Renewal of Jewish Life in Kaunas Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 473219583
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2016–2025
Forms available: Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location: Cedarhurst, NY, USA
Phone: 2122211140
Rating: 92
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Judaism
Affiliation: Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue: $179,234
Expenses: $171,885
Assets: $13,235

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

EDWARD HERZKA (President)

People named in this filing

EDWARD HERZKA (President)
STEVEN WALDMAN (Treasurer)
SAMUEL STERN (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To carry out activities to help renew jewish life and institutions inkaunas, lithuania by promoting the practice of the jewish law, intensifying the bonds between jews, maintenance of the jewish cemetery and of the mikveh (ritualarium) facilities

What it reported doing in 2025

To carry out activities to help the operations, upkeep and help renew jewish life in kaunas, lithuania by promoting the practise of the jewish law, intensifying the bonds between jews, maintenance of the jewish cemetaries and of the mikveh (ritualarium) facilities.

Operating model

Revenue model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model: Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 92
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 30
Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 89.9%; rating input score 90
Program expense ratio: 93.8%; rating input score 94

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: 4.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 89.9% of revenue deployed · 93.8% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $161K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 5 filing years from 2016 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
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.

Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.