North American Friends of Israel Oceanographic Research Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222757351
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Northfield, IL, USA
- Phone
- 8477106570
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $11,402
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- MR DANIEL A COHAN (CHAIRMAN/EXECUTIVE DIRECTO)
- MR WILLIAM HOUSTON (TREASURER/DIRECTOR)
- MR LARRY BARUCH (DIRECTOR)
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
North american friends of israel oceanographic research, inc. (naf-iolr) raises funds and accumulates assets from private sources to fund specific research projects in marine science in israel.
What it reported doing in 2025
Payments to israel association for oceanography (iao) in support of programs established by iolr and funding of scientific equipment acquired by iao on behalf of iolr.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 89% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 36
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 7
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 36.2%; rating input score 36
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -13.1% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -16.9% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -12.3% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 36.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.