Hamakom Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 260557038
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2012
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2012, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- Shaker Heights, OH, USA
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Judaism
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $52,472
- Expenses
- $46,298
- Assets
- $25,145
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The name “Hamakom” is drawn from a famous story in Torah (Jacob’s ladder) and symbolizes the places where Jews seek spiritual nourishment—gathering in homes, synagogues, and in nature—to revitalize a sense of the sacred through Jewish learning and spiritual practice, in an inclusive, warm, welcoming way.
What it reported doing in 2012
Description/content: a full afternoon "mini meditation retreat" at the mandel jcc with guest scholar rabbi dovber pinson, founder of iyyun center for jewish spirituality (www.iyyun.com ). The program will offer teaching on the history, purpose, and evolution of jewish meditation as it has been practiced through the ages in jewish life. Rabbi pinson will guide both beginning and experienced meditators in various types of jewish meditations, including visualizations, use of torah verses as a basis for contemplation, hitbodedut meditation, and breath meditation. Participants will acquire the basic skills and knowledge to begin or deepen their own jewish meditation practice.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 68% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 66.9%; rating input score 67
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.8%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 59% of revenue deployed · 66.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $31K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $25K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.