The Joel & Ora Benton Monroe Benton Memorial Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

3 people listed

WILLIAM D SAMERS (TRUSTEE): $425,033 total reported compensation
STANLEY BAUMBLATT (SECRETARY/TREASURER/TRUSTEE): $261,968 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Supports the mission of united jewish appeal-federation of jewish philanthropies of New York, inc., (uja-federation of New York).

Grant made to uja-federation of New York in furtherance of uja-federation of New York's charitable purposes.

Revenue model: No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model: Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: Limited
Total-asset coverage ratio: 23.93; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 16.3%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -79.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: 99.4% of spending went to programs
Governance: 1 of 3 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $838K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $425K · 3 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
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.

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