International Beit Din Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472162626
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Providence, RI, USA
Phone
7185431471
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Dispute Resolution, Mediation Services
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,269,250
Expenses
$1,184,389
Assets
$1,622,072
Liabilities
$1,637

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MEYER KOPLOW (PRESIDENT)
  • RABBI BARRY DOLINGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • RABBI BARRY DOLINGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $150,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our vision is a world without agunot where jewish marriage and divorce is just and fair. We work tirelessly to hear cases and free agunot according to tradition and jewish law.

What it reported doing in 2025

The international beit din operates as a global jewish court of law dedicated to resolving cases of jewish divorce and freeing women who are agunot - those chained to marriages due to gett refusal or coercive control by a spouse. The organization works to restore the application of classic halachic principles in a manner consistent with justice, compassion, procedural fairness, and a trauma-informed understanding of abuse. Through its work, ibd provides a forum where women are heard, supported, and guided through a comprehensive, halachically grounded process to secure a gett or, when appropriate, obtain a halachic dissolution of marriage.program services are offered free of charge and include the support of trained female caseworkers who accompany clients throughout the process, ensuring both procedural justice and emotional support. All proceedings are conducted with sensitivity, confidentiality, and professionalism, creating a safe, effective, and compassionate pathway for individuals seeking relief from abusive or coercive marital situations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% 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 - Most voting board members are independent and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 38.6%; rating input score 39
  • Program expense ratio: 74.1%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $16.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 47.8%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.7%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 38.6% of revenue deployed · 74.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $877K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $150K · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.