Academy for Judaic, Christian, and Islamic Studies
Legal name: The Academy for Judaic Christian and Islamic Studies
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 330148539
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Phone
- 4247027613
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $87,825
- Expenses
- $82,397
- Assets
- $42,422
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- YAEL ARANOFF (CO-PRESIDENT)
- WINSTON GEE (CO-PRESIDENT)
- ELLIOT DORFF PHD (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JANNA GOSSELIN PHD (VICE PRESIDENT)
- SANA U KHAN MD PHD (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- YAEL ARANOFF (CO-PRESIDENT)
- WINSTON GEE (CO-PRESIDENT)
- KIENAN TAWEIL (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Its mission is to advance dialogue among Jews, Christians and Muslims, to conduct research and publish the results, and to teach what has been found and experienced in both academic and other public settings. The Academy is inviting individuals and organizations to financially support our mission of building bridges of increased inter-religious understanding and cooperation. We also welcome inquiries from colleges, religious congregations, and community organizations about hosting a college course or one of our other programs. Donate A Muslim crescent, Jewish star, and Christian cross outlines created with colored holiday lights. The shapes and colors reflect in the water below. Photo by Sara D, Unsplash.
What it reported doing in 2024
Public interreligious trialogues to explore the commonalities as well as the differences among the three traditions and promote an environment of understanding and respect for their adherents.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.2%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 87
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.2%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 85%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -19.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 81.2% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $71K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 19 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.