Jj Greenberg Institute for the Advancment of Jewish Life Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833681304
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2021
Location
Riverdale, NY, USA
Phone
4134782454
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Judaism
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,421
Expenses
$350,833
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

People named in this filing

  • YITZ GREENBERG (DIRECTOR)
  • JEREMY PAVA (CHAIR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization was formed to operate to develop and disseminate a narrative of jewry and judaism that can sustain jewish identity of jews fully integrated in post-modern culture. The institute's program will help translate the narrative into upgraded community infrastructure and policies that operate pluralistically. The institute will focus on disseminating the narrative developed by rabbi yitz greenberg. The goal is aiding the creation of a culture/community/narrative that can inspire a commitment to living jewish values and mission in the full and respected presence of all the other choices of lifestyles, identities and cultures/religion. This outcome sought is engagement in jewish community and/or activity in the general society as a conscious, committed jew. The organization will recruit and train cohorts of educators/teachers/intellectuals to bring the narrative to leadership elites and organizations throughout the community and into the next generation. We believe that new wa

What it reported doing in 2021

The organization was formed to operate to develop and disseminate a narrative of jewry and judaism that can sustain jewish identity of jews fully integrated in post-modern culture. This will include developing new platforms for dissemination , such as videos, film, podcasts and social media the institute's program will help translate the narrative into upgraded community infrastructure and policies that operate pluralistically. The institute will focus on disseminating the narrative developed by rabbi yitz greenberg. The goal is aiding the creation of a culture/community/narrative that can inspire a commitment to living jewish values and mission in the full and respected presence of all the other choices of lifestyles, identities and cultures/religion. This outcome sought is engagement in jewish community and/or activity in the general society as a conscious, committed jew. The organization will recruit and train cohorts of educators/teachers/intellectuals to bring the narrative to leadership elites and organizations throughout the community and into the next generation. We believe that new wave of investment in jewish learning and experiences is coming - to sustain jewish identity and to motivate leadership activity in the jewish community. The cohort of charismatic teachers/guides will provide a major human resource to staff and teach in this wave.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1,280.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -167.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $351K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2020 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.