Temple Chai

Legal name: Temple Chai Endowment Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
860926685
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2019
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2019
Location
Scottsdale, AZ, US
Phone
(602) 971-1234
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,577
Expenses
$4,573
Assets
$766,020
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEAN GOODMAN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DEBORAH BLYN (EXECUTIVE DI): $67,239 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Temple Chai inspires and ignites robust Jewish life. Relationships are always at the heart of what we do and we take the responsibility of caring for each other very seriously. We are not afraid to wrestle with a diversity of ideas about God, Torah and Israel. As a community, our concern embraces matters that affect the entire world as well as the sacred journeys of our individual lives.

What it reported doing in 2019

Promoting jewish education, charitable works and all manner of religious. Supports adult education, music programs and youth programs of temple chai.

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 75% for direct work, and 25% 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: 90
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -190%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 167.51; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 105.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -128.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 15 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $67K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2017 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.