Moishe House

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262599786
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Encinitas, CA, USA
Phone
8555985509
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Judaism
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$20,917,880
Expenses
$18,764,919
Assets
$14,396,147
Liabilities
$1,237,565

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID CYGIELMAN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • JESSE PAIKIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BASE)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID CYGIELMAN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $395,590 total reported compensation
  • LANDER GOLD (VP, ADVANCEMENT): $185,247 total reported compensation
  • TIFFANY HARRIS (CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER): $180,078 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide vibrant jewish community, learning and leadership for young adults in their 20s and early 30s by supporting them as they create and actively engage in meaningful jewish experiences for themselves and their peers.

What it reported doing in 2024

At a time when jewish young adults are seeking connection, belonging, and meaning in increasingly challenging environments, mem global's ecosystem of 8 programs ensures they have the tools and spaces to engage in jewish life in ways that resonate with them. Each year, more than 800 community builders host over 14,000 programs across 25+ countries. Whether through joyful jewish celebrations, thought-provoking learning experiences, israel programming or home-based gatherings, our innovative model supports young adults to shape their own jewish journeys while building warm, welcoming jewish communities across the world.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 78
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 76.4%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69% of revenue deployed · 76.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $396K · 26 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $433K reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 40 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.