Simxa
Legal name: Simxa Company Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954817456
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 323-761-9770
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Judaism
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,937,480
- Expenses
- $456,292
- Assets
- $2,825,935
- Liabilities
- $930,240
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ESTHER O DAVIDOFF (PRESIDENT &)
People named in this filing
- ESTHER O DAVIDOFF (PRESIDENT &)
- MICHAEL J DAVIDOFF (VP & CFO)
- ELIZA LADYZHENSKY (SECRETARY)
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
Educational outreach to the Jews of Russian background; strengthen Jewish tradition and Jewish roots among Jews of Russian descent. by holding classes in our home and in local synagogues and community centers, such as the Jewish Federation and The Jewish Community Center and later incorporated into our program the get-away weekends at various Southern California resorts, hotels, and conference centers. In year 2000 SimXa Company, Inc was incorporated and applied for a non-profit status with the IRS. At first we were granted a temporary 501(c)(3) standing, and in 2005 upon a rigorous review of our support organization, donations, and events we had received a permanent non-profit status standing. Over the years our organization has hosted hundreds of young Jewish singles and families with various educational events, which.
What it reported doing in 2024
Operated an early education center called gan simxa preschool with an enrollment of approximately two dozen children ages 1 to 4. Traditional jewish values are modeled and reinforced in a warm and loving atmosphere. Heberw language is introduced through songs, games, and riddles, as well as books and casual conversations. Each day at gan simxa is filled with hands-on experiences in sensory exploration, buildng and sculpting, singing and dancing and reading. Both montessori and reggio emilia childhood development philosophies are utilized. In addition, the "creative curriculum for preschool" is used.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 87% 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. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 39
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 83
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 19.6%; rating input score 20
- Program expense ratio: 83.1%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: 76.4%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.19; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 19.6% of revenue deployed · 83.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $379K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 20/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.