North American Association of Synagogue Executives
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 223635275
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2009
- Location
- New York, NY, United States
- Phone
- (215) 872-2007
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $236,268
- Expenses
- $261,280
- Assets
- $337,440
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HAL OSSMAN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- RIVKA CAMPBELL (VICE PRESIDE)
- LORI DAFILOU (HONORARY PRE)
- MATTHEW HALPERN (SR VICE PRES)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
NAASE is a Jewish membership organization serving the professional needs of synagogue executives in the Conservative movement, providing education, support, connection, and professional development to help synagogue leadership thrive. Most of all, NAASE is a place to feel seen, supported, and inspired. It’s where you can bring your full self — as a professional, a leader, and a person — and be part of a collective mission to build strong, sacred communities. What We Do NAASE provides education, support, and connection for those leading our sacred communities, often behind the scenes, ensuring Jewish life thrives in every corner of the continent. Through mentorship, ongoing education, and a robust annual conference, we invest in the people who—alongside clergy, lay leaders, and staff—make synagogues work and thrive.
What it reported doing in 2024
Stimulate interest in professional synagogue administration, and to enhance the profession by promoting the advancement, growth, value and role of the executive director in the synagogue setting and jewish communal life
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 88% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60.7%; rating input score 61
- Program expense ratio: 61.9%; rating input score 62
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.6%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.29; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 60.7% of revenue deployed · 61.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $162K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.