Raje-USA Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273335956
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
3477025427
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,177,449
Expenses
$2,358,154
Assets
$764,153
Liabilities
$22,182

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ARYEH KATZIN (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ARYEH KATZIN (CEO): $96,000 total reported compensation
  • ELINA KHASKIN (CFO): $83,623 total reported compensation
  • JOSHUA LIVINGSTONE (PROGRAM DIRE): $25,961 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote jewish life within the russian-speaking american communities by providing a full spectrum of programs to meet their needs, including shabbat and holiday meals, classes and lectures on various jewish topics, and creating an open environment that welcomes individuals at all levels of observance.to support immigrant young adults through community service initiatives such as homebound visitations, toy drives, food pantry and soup kitchen service, and mentoring programs.to educate second-generation russian-speaking immigrants, empowering them to integrate into american society and the workforce.students are encouraged and supported in volunteering within the broader community.additionally, to support programming for the organizations alumni, strengthening their connection to jewish faith and fostering a lasting, meaningful bond with israel by cultivating interest in jewish traditions, prayer, and immersive experiences including organized trips and programmatic activities conducte

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided support to immigrant young adults from the russian-speaking community through community service initiatives such as toy drives, food pantry and soup kitchen service, and mentoring programs. Educated second- generation russian-speaking immigrants, empowering them to integrate into american society and the workforce. Students were encouraged and supported in volunteering within the broader community. The organization also developed programming to address wider participant needs, including career-training workshops and initiatives focused on couples and family cultural cultivation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.1%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 88.7%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $24.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.3%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.6%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.1% of revenue deployed · 88.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $96K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.