Sixth & I
Legal name: Sixth & I Synagogue Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 331036146
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Washington, DC, United States
- Phone
- 2024083100
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Judaism
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,848,065
- Expenses
- $4,945,092
- Assets
- $14,773,704
- Liabilities
- $383,908
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
29 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HEATHER MORAN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- HEATHER MORAN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $281,858 total reported compensation
- JACQUELINE LEVENTHAL (CHIEF BRAND & CONTENT OFFICER): $177,424 total reported compensation
- IAN KEENER (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $175,764 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Sixth & I is a center for arts, entertainment, ideas, and Jewish life in Washington, DC. We inspire more meaningful and fulfilling lives through an unexpected mix of experiences that embrace the multi-faceted identities of those we serve. The National Trust for Historic Preservation recognizes Sixth & I as one of 25 “Partners in Preservation” to compete with other significant historic sites in DC for major renovation funding. Taking note of the historic and cultural value of the building, as well as the vibrancy of our programs and widespread community support, the Trust awards $75,000 to Sixth & I to repair a dozen damaged, 105-year-old stained glass windows in our sanctuary. 2014 Slingshot Guide recognizes Sixth & I as one of 17 standard bearer organizations; Not Your Bubbe's Sisterhood included in Women & Girls Supplement.
What it reported doing in 2024
Rental: sixth & i offers space for the community to experience milestones and lifecycle events related to furthering sixth & i's religious, educational, and charitable mission through event rentals by community members, such as jewish, secular, and interfaith weddings, b'nai mitzvah, bris and naming ceremonies, and memorial services, as well as by nonprofit organizations and others for meetings, retreats, conferences, and other gatherings.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 66% 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 the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 69.6%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 67.9%; rating input score 68
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Pass
- 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: Limited
- 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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: -2%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.99; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 24.1%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 69.6% of revenue deployed · 67.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $282K · 29 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $901K reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.