The Friends of the Vilnius Yiddish Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
912164083
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2019
Official website data refreshed
Jun 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2019
Location
Santa Monica, CA, USA
Phone
3108281183
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$2,224
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICHARD MAULLIN (President)

People named in this filing

  • DANIEL OPATOSHU (Director)
  • TINA LUNSON (Director)
  • DANIEL BERG (Director)

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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide financial and intellectual support for the educational, cultural and research programs and activities of the yilnius yiddish institute. To help revive the presence of jewish secular cultures in eastern europe, through the teachings of the yiddish language, the publication of literary and social science works in yiddish and other languages, and to conduct researches relevant to eastern european jewish and non-jewish populations

What it reported doing in 2019

To provide financial and intellectual support for the educational, cultural and research programs and activities of the vilnius yiddish institute located in vilnius, lithuania. Help revive the presence of jewish secular culture in vilnius, lithuania and in eastern europe more generally, through the teaching of the yiddish language, the publication of literary and social science works in yiddish and other languages and the conduct of research into linguistic and social science topics relevant to eastern european jewry and non-jewish populations. Identify and support potential candidates to participate in vilnius yiddish institute educational, cultural and research programs and activities as students and instructors.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 45
  • Accountability: 58
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • 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: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -25.9% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -13% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes foreign activity
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2019
  • 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.

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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.