Share Jewish wisdom daily with over a million followers in 70 countries. Teach a weekly interactive Tarah class with 250 students.Produce 2 weekly live shows featuringmusical, rabbinic, and comedic guests.Provide counseling to over a hundred people of any faith every month.Broadcast monthly prayer services

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$98K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $23K a year · 10% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$98K
to officers and key staff · 66% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 66% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $6K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1K
18% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 18% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$94K
-49% vs prior year
Spent
$148K
To programs
78%
Net assets
$6K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$94K
FY2025▼ -49%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$170K
FY2021$251K
FY2022$311K
FY2023$239K
FY2024$184K
FY2025$94K
Expenses
$148K
FY2025▼ -50%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$249K
FY2022$294K
FY2023$296K
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$148K
Net assets
$6K
FY2025▼ -90%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$118K
FY2021$120K
FY2022$137K
FY2023$80K
FY2024$60K
FY2025$6K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2016.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $116K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990; $98K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$51,000Pt VII · Sec A
$46,500Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Salvador Litvak’s $51K as CEO is at the 89th percentile of top reported officer pay among 344 <$100K religion nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Salvador Litvak$51,000$68,000$68,000$68,000$68,000$34,000
Nina Litvak$46,500$62,000$62,000$62,000$62,000$31,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Programs and updates

Shares Jewish wisdom, teaches Torah, hosts live shows, offers counseling, and broadcasts prayer services.

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1 program · $187K · in their own filed words · FY2022
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Share Jewish wisdom daily with over a million followers in 70 countries. Teach a daily interactive Torah class to 1000 students.Produce frequent live shows featuringmusical, rabbinic, and comedic guests.Provide counseling to over a hundred people of any faith every month.Publish weekly Torah commentary and articles about Jewish history

$187Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$6K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$94K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$94K
Money outPt IX
$148K
Ln 25
Programscol B$116K
Owns and owesPt X
$6K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$7K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$94K
Total revenueLn 12$94K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$7K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
Net assetsLn 32$6K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $94K$148K−$54K$6K 990 PDF
FY2024 $184K$60K 990 PDF
FY2023 $239K$296K−$57K$80K 990 PDF
FY2022 $311K$294K$17K$137K 990 PDF
FY2021 $251K$249K$2K$120K 990 PDF
FY2020 $170K$118K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support O · Explanations

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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