KosherQuest
Legal name: Kashrus Information Bureau
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 942787394
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2012
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2012
- Location
- N Hollywood, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8182625351
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $61,987
- Expenses
- $51,263
- Assets
- $12,462
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide a trusted, free online resource for kosher/kashrus product information, including a searchable database and regular kosher updates, and answer kosher questions (e.g., kashrus questions via Rabbi Eidlitz). All of these valuable features are provided to people the world over, as an absolutely free service. There is no charge to manufacturers to list their products. KosherQuest relies solely on the support of sponsors to provide this valuable service to the Kosher community. KosherQuest KosherQuest Since 1976 The most comprehensive kosher resource online. Serving the global kosher community since 1976 — completely free of charge. ❤ Support Us © 2026 kosherquest.org — Since 1976. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy · Contact · Admin.
What it reported doing in 2012
Publication of information of kosher consumer products and certifications on a tri-annual basis
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and the available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.7%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 17.3%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 82.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $51K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $4K · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2009 to 2012
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.