Reut USA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
203585888
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Woodland Hills, CA, USA
Phone
3102710300
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,946,750
Expenses
$4,223,549
Assets
$487,596
Liabilities
$479,005

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GIDEON GRINSTEIN (PRESIDENT)
  • EDUN SELA (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • GIDEON GRINSTEIN (PRESIDENT): $415,000 total reported compensation
  • EDUN SELA (CEO): $285,513 total reported compensation
  • GAIL REISS (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $149,280 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Reut USA supports and promotes research and programs designed to ensure prosperity and resilience for israel and the jewish people, and to tackle some of the toughest challenges facing them, while making a significant and distinct contribution to humanity. Core programs of reut USA include tom: tikkun olam makers which offers a global, systemic, community-based solution to create and disseminate extremely affordable solutions for people with disabilities and the elderly around the world; and supporting and working in partnership with the reut group, israel's leading social impact organization specializing in societal innovation. Reut creates and scales innovative models by combining research and strategy, design and technology, field work and the work of 'adaptive leadership'. Reut specializes in identifying blind spots and researching them, in creating new visions for enhancing prosperity and security, in developing strategies for effectuating these visions, in piloting these strategi

What it reported doing in 2024

Reut USA supports and promotes research and programs designed to ensure prosperity and resilience for israel and the jewish people, and to tackle some of the toughest challenges facing them, while making a significant and distinct contribution to humanity. Core programs of reut USA include tom: tikkun olam makers which offers a global, systemic, community-based solution to create and disseminate extremely affordable solutions for people with disabilities and the elderly around the world; and supporting and working in partnership with the reut group, israel's leading social impact organization specializing in societal innovation. Reut creates and scales innovative models by combining research and strategy, design and technology, field work and the work of 'adaptive leadership'. Reut specializes in identifying 'blind spots and researching them; in creating new visions for enhancing prosperity and security; in developing strategies for effectuating these visions; in piloting these strategies; in creating scalable models; and then in scaling these models to create significant long term impact.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 70% for direct work, and 30% for grants.

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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 59
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 82.3%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 2nd 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: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 98.9%; rating input score 99; 36th 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: 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: -7%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.98; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88% of revenue deployed · 82.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $415K · 7 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $333K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 36 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.