Guardians of the Torah - Shomrei HaTorah
Legal name: Guardians of the Torah Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208403731
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2018
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2018
- Location
- Roswell, GA, USA
- Phone
- 7702863477
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Judaism
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $16,780
- Expenses
- $16,396
- Assets
- $457
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RICHARD BAROFF (PRESIDENT)
- ROBERT JAY (V.PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- RICHARD BAROFF (PRESIDENT)
- BRAD LUCCA (SECRETARY / TREASURER)
- ROBERT JAY (V.PRESIDENT)
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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Guardians of the Torah – Shomrei HaTorah organizes Jewish life cycle events, holiday celebrations, and Jewish education/learning discussions to make Jewish practice accessible. Rabbi Richard Baroff was ordained a Reform Rabbi by Hebrew Union College -- Institute of Religion in 1987 and received his Doctor of Divinity honoris causa from HUC in 2012. He lives in Atlanta with his family and works with various congregations around Metro-Atlanta, and volunteers religious services to residents and their families at the Cohen Home. He was previously a rabbi at Temple Beth David in Snellville, Temple Kol Emeth in East Cobb, and Shaarei Zedek in East Lansing, MI. CONTACT GUARDIANS OF THE TORAH - SHOMREI HATORAH [email protected].
What it reported doing in 2018
Congregation - spiritual needs of jewish law enforcement personnel, first responders, emts and military families
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.7%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.3%; rating input score 51; 51st 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 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 99.7%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -11.5% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 97.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2011 to 2018
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.