Politz Hebrew Academy of Northeast Phila
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222436383
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2020
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Phone
- 2159695960
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $9,710,568
- Expenses
- $9,292,430
- Assets
- $6,382,211
- Liabilities
- $989,081
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RABBI SHIMON SHAIN (PRESIDENT)
- RABBI AVI APFEL (VICE PRESIDENT)
- RABBI MENDY SCHECHTER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- BESIE KATZ (HEAD OF SCHOOL): $235,000 total reported compensation
- DOVID SASS (BOY'S PRINCIPAL): $185,000 total reported compensation
- SHAYANA MALKA ZEFFREN (GIRL'S PRINCIPAL): $145,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Politz hebrew academy is dedicated to providing a quality orthodox day school education to students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade in preparation for life as productive and ethical members of society. The academic, social and emotional well-being of each student is developed in a secure and nurturing environment.
What it reported doing in 2024
Politz hebrew academy provides every jewish child, from kindgergarten through eighth grade, with the opportunity to learn and thrive in an environment that integrates the richness of our jewish religion and heritage with excellence in both judaic and general studies. During the 2024-25 school year, we serviced 381 children for 180+ school days. We also provided special needs education for jewish children who need additional academic support.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 63% for direct work, and 37% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.5%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 91.5%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: $76.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.3%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.5% of revenue deployed · 91.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $235K · 15 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.