Adamah
Legal name: Hazon Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 134087102
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2013
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2013
- Location
- Reisterstown, MD, US
- Phone
- 212.644.2332
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Judaism
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,929,322
- Expenses
- $3,157,683
- Assets
- $582,087
- Liabilities
- $172,924
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- NIGEL SAVAGE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- NIGEL SAVAGE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $175,871 total reported compensation
- CHERYL COOK (COO): $120,788 total reported compensation
- LISA SACKS (CFO): $76,013 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Vibrant Jewish Life In Deep Connection with the Earth
What it reported doing in 2013
1) outdoor adventure - a series of bike rides in the united states and israel and year-round related outdoor activities which touch people's lives, strengthen communities and make the world a better place for all.2) regional and other programs: educational and experiential programs in Colorado, Pennsylvania and California as well as mini-grants to organizations that are engaged in activities related to hazon's mission.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 57
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.5%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 61.7%; rating input score 62
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 2nd 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: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 89.1%; rating input score 89; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 91.3%; rating input score 91; 22nd 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: -7.8%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.8%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -14.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 11 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 8 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 66.5% of revenue deployed · 61.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 21 of 23 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $176K · 23 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 29 of 31 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2010 to 2013
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 4 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 22/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.