Michigan Jewish Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382395931
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2014
Official website data refreshed
Jun 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2014
Location
West Bloomfield, MI, USA
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Undergraduate College (4-year)
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,290,595
Expenses
$6,442,594
Assets
$10,887,723
Liabilities
$2,595,506

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RABBI KASRIEL SHEMTOV (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Fred Leeb (COO): $195,125 total reported compensation
  • DOV STEIN (DIR ACADEMIC ADMIN): $124,450 total reported compensation
  • RABBI KASRIEL SHEMTOV (President): $90,844 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the Organization is to provide an excellent academic baccalaureate and other degree-granting programs that combine an arts and sciences foundation with a concentration for career development in technology, business and applied Judaic disciplines

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

MIXED - Most voting board members are independent and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 45
  • Accountability: 65
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.4%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 76.5%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.08 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: 80%; rating input score 80; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.3%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.69; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.4%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -56.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.4% of revenue deployed · 76.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $195K · 7 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $346K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2011 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 59/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D expense reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.