It Takes a Village
Legal name: Itav Chessed Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 933549760
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Phone
- (202) 384-8964
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Judaism
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $65,848
- Expenses
- $47,925
- Assets
- $70,641
- Liabilities
- $5
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- SHEVA RUBIN (TRUSTEE)
- SHOLEM KUSHNER (TRUSTEE)
- SARA KAISER (TRUSTEE)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
I founded ITAV to support single parents in the daunting task of caring for children independently... We at ITAV understand the struggles of single parents. We don’t question. We don’t judge. We are here to help. That’s it. Hi! I’m Shavy Simcha, founder and honored participant of It Takes a Village. I founded ITAV to support single parents in the daunting task of caring for children independently; a task so impractical, even partnered parents can relate. It truly does take a village to care for children in the way they deserve, and with the help of incredibly caring humans, my vision is to provide some sense of that village! It truly does take a village to care for children in the way they deserve, and with the help of...
What it reported doing in 2024
To provide assistance & support for single parents for their day to day living expenses.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 65% for direct work, and 35% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 58
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 65
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 50.8%; rating input score 51
- Program expense ratio: 69.9%; rating input score 70
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 27.2%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.47; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 169.9% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 28.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 50.8% of revenue deployed · 69.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $33K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.