Torah High Schools of San Diego

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330830308
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
8585586880
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Secondary, High School
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,051,233
Expenses
$878,699
Assets
$145,827
Liabilities
$116,200

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

  • TODD SALOVEY (Chairman)
  • MARINA SRAGOVICZ (Treasurer)
  • GAVIN HORN (Vice Chairman)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization was created to operate a high school serving the Jewish community of San Diego. Our mission is to prepare individuals for a lifetime of learning, spiritual growth, and community responsibility as Jews. Our goal is to provide our students with an outstanding Torah education and an excellent college preparatory secular education in a warm, nurturing environment that reinforces their commitment to Torah and observance of mitzvot, the religious and ethical obligations of Judaism.

What it reported doing in 2025

The school maintains a rigorous dual curriculum of Torah and college preparatory studies. A full range of AP and college preparatory courses, from AP Art History to AP Calculus BC. The percentage of students in grades 10-12 taking AP tests (OVER 90%), average AP score (4), and AP passage rate (over 80%), and average ACT score (30) rank it among the top high schools in San Diego.A major focus of the school is instilling a love of learning Torah and a love for Israel. Over 90% of our graduates have continued their Torah education in Israel before attending college. Over 70% of our graduates have attended one of the top 50 colleges in the United States (as ranked by US News and World Report). Over 30% of our graduates have been accepted into one of the top three UC schools. Our graduates have consistently been accepted to the finest seminaries and universities in the world including Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, Cornell University, NYU, UCLA, UCSD, UC Berkeley, McGill University, Barnard College, Brandeis University, Columbia, Stern College, Technion, Stanford, etc.The extensive array of electives and extra-curricular activities encourages students to explore and develop a wide variety of interests and talents. Some of these electives include: AP Environmental Science, Marine Biology, Creative Writing, Playwriting, AP Psychology, Architecture, Digital Video Production, Digital Photography, Violin, Dance, Drama, Japanese, Spanish, Latin, and Yiddish, etc.The low student to teacher ratio combined with our highly trained, experienced, and caring faculty, result in close attention to individual needs, supporting each students unique abilities and potential. Over 70% of faculty members hold advanced degrees. Each student is guided through the arduous college and seminary application process by the top professionals in their fields.Located on Congregation Beth Israels award winning three acre campus in the heart of La Jollas Golden Triangle.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.3%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 79.4%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $44.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.4%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.8; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -26.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -66.6% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.3% of revenue deployed · 79.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $697K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.