United Community Fund Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821405323
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
2013537000
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Foundations
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$69,037
Expenses
$66,492
Assets
$3,141

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MENACHEM POZNANSKI (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MENACHEM POZNANSKI (PRESIDENT)
  • DANNY ISLATZKOW (TREASURER)
  • REBECCA ROSENBLUM (SECRATARY)

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

Overview

Mission

To incorporate concern for the basic needs of all people, especially the most disadvantaged and disenfranchised, and for the well-being and continuation of the jewish people; to promote jewish education, help disadvantaged people gain self-sufficiency and control over their lives, and support the ideals that strengthen local involvement, leadership, and institutional development; to strengthen the connection between the jewish people around the world with their religion and spiritual homeland, fostering a love for jewish tradition and the land of israel through educational and torah-based programs; to provide information to lay leaders, rabbinical persons, and community activists concerning the educational benefits of connecting the jewish people to their rich heritage, culture and religion.

What it reported doing in 2025

To strengthen the connection between the jewish people around the world with their religion and spiritual homeland, fostering a love for jewish tradition and the land of israel through educational and torah-based programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - 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: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 98.7%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.7%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -15.4% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95% of revenue deployed · 98.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $66K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.