Lost Shul Mural Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 815118531
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Burlington, VT, USA
- Phone
- 8028640218
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $44,323
- Expenses
- $50,836
- Assets
- $17,854
- Liabilities
- $1,899
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Aaron Goldberg (President)
- Thomas Torti (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Aaron Goldberg (President)
- Thomas Torti (Vice President)
- Jon Harris-Shapiro (Treasurer)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Public charity: The Lost Shul Mural, Inc. was established to move, restore, and maintain the Lost Mural located in Burlington VT. The Lost Mural is one of the last remaining and largest examples of painted synagogue artwork, most of which were located in synagogues across central and eastern Europe, and most of which were destroyed during the Holocaust. The Lost Mural was originally painted in 1910, and needed extensive cleaning and restoration work to bring it back to its original vibrance. In 2021, the mural was cleaned, and in 2022, the mural has been restored.
What it reported doing in 2025
Completion and display of the Lost Mural with conservators. Development and execution of educational strategy. Tours for public and school children Present lectures on historical significance and immigration experience (zoom and in-person)
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 87% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.4%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 72.7%; rating input score 73
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -14.7%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -66.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -25.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.4% of revenue deployed · 72.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $37K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.