American Friends of Yeshivot Bnei Akiva

Mission:
American Friends of Yeshivot Bnei Akiva (AFYBA),
www.afyba.org is the American fund raising arm of Yeshivot
Bnei Akiva (YBA) in Israel. YBA, the premier religious Zionist
educational movement in Israel, was founded in 1940 by
Rav Moshe Zvi Neriah, zt"l, when he opened Israel's first yeshiva
high school with 13 students on a hilltop in Kfar Haroeh. Today,
YBA has grown into a national movement encompassing 57
schools from the Golan to Eilat, serving more than 22,000
students of all backgrounds. This includes children from low-
income homes, new immigrants, and the learning disabled. All of
these students graduate from YBA with a profound love of Torah,
the Jewish People and the Land of Israel, which they carry with
them for the rest of their lives.

Financial Efficiency Evaluation:
According to Charity Navigator(http://www.charitynavigator.org/),
America’s leading charityevaluator, AFYBA has an overall rating of
1 star (four stars is the highest rating.) Charity Navigator provides
the following breakdown of the AFYBA based on 990 tax returns
through 2006:
Overall Rating: 1 star *
Organizational Efficiency: Efficiency Rating 1 star*
Program Expenses: 67.0%
Administrative Expenses: 15.2%
Fundraising Expenses: 17.6%
Fundraising Efficiency: $0.28
(AFYBA spends $0.28 to raise $1.)
Organizational Capacity: Capacity Rating 1 star *
Primary Revenue Growth: -10.9%
Program Expenses Growth: -16.1%
Working Capital Ratio (years): 0.33
(AFYBA can sustain itself for 0.33 years without
generating new revenue.)
Organizational Capacity refers to an organization’s
ability to sustain itself over time. Charities that exhibit
consistent revenue and expenses growth are more
likely to sustain its programs and services over the long
haul.

AFYBA has net assets of $434,825. Compensation for its
former Executive Director, Moshe Spingarn, was $125,000
which represents 9.56% of expenses. For comparison
purposes, compensation for the present President of the
American Jewish World Service, Ruth Messinger, was
$191,00 which was 0.79% of expenses.

Recent News:
1) The Nordlicht Family Makes History in Acco
Over the last 5,000 years, the history of the ancient port city
of Acco has been intertwined with the history of the Jewish
people. It has witnessed both high and low points. One of the
high points in its modern day history, occurred on Chol
Ha’Moed Pesach when Meir and Dahlia Nordlicht of New
Rochelle laid the cornerstone for the new campus of YBA
Yeshivat Hesder “Ruach Tzfonit” in Acco, following their
major gift which will enable the completion of the first stage
of the project.
2) Art in Kfar Saba
Last Spring, YBA Ulpana Amana in Kfar Saba opened an
outstanding Art Exhibit by the 12th grade girls who study
art as a “major”. The unique works of art are extremely
impressive visually as well as conceptually. The artists
presented the ideas behind their works, demonstrating
unusual rhetoric abilities, as well as depth of thought and
analytical powers.

Recommendation:
In order to attract foundation funding, AFYBA must
give more than 80% of its revenue to its target –providing
a Torah education to low income and learning disabled
children. According to Charity Navigator’s ratings, AFYBA
is not a financially efficient non-profit. This may explain why
its primary expenses growth and program expenses growth
have decreased since 2004. In order to become more
financially efficient and attract more foundation funding,
AFYBA must reduce its administrative and fund-raising
expenses.

Next Week’s Blog: Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

Shana Tova Metucha

Ezer Mizion

Mission:
Ezer Mizion, (http://www.ezer-mizion.org.il)/ the Israel
Health Support Organization, offers an extensive range of medical
and social support services to help Israel's sick, disabled, elderly
and underprivileged populations. Since its founding in 1979, Ezer
Mizion has grown to become one of the largest non-profit
organizations in Israel, benefiting over half a million people
every year. Ezer Mizion operates in dozens of cities throughout
Israel, with over 10,000 volunteers. Our diverse line-up of
services includes the world's largest Jewish Bone Marrow
Donor Registry and specialized programs for children with
special needs, cancer patients, the elderly, and terror victims.
Financial Efficiency Evaluation:
According to Charity Navigator
(http://www.charitynavigator.org/), America’s leading charity
evaluator, Ezer Mizion has an overall rating of 4 stars (four stars
is the highest rating.) Charity Navigator provides the following
breakdown of the Ezer Mizion based on 990 tax returns through
2006:
Overall Rating: 4 stars ****
Organizational Efficiency: Efficiency Rating 4 stars****
Program Expenses: 85.2%
Administrative Expenses: 8.9%
Fundraising Expenses: 5.8%
Fundraising Efficiency: $0.05
(Ezer Mizion spends $0.05 to raise $1.)
Organizational Capacity: Capacity Rating 4 stars ****
Primary Revenue Growth: 22.2%
Program Expenses Growth: 48.8%
Working Capital Ratio (years): 0.08 (Ezer Mzion can sustain itself
for 0.08 years without generating new revenue.)
(Organizational Capacity refers to an organization’s ability to
sustain itself over time. Charities that exhibit consistent revenue
and expenses growth are more likely to sustain its programs and
services over the long haul.)
Ezer Mizion has net assets of $226,216. Compensation for its
Executive Director, Irv Hackel, was $77,849 which represents 2.23%
of expenses.

Recent News:
1) A gala event marking "Volunteer's Day" took place last week
in the Beit Hatsulah Hall in Kiryat Gat in the presence of Mayor
Aviram Dahari and other community leaders. The event was
held to salute volunteers who are active in the area. In the
course of the event the Mayor's Shield was awarded to Ezer
Mizion's Branch in Kiryat Gat and certificates of merit were
awarded to four outstanding volunteers.
2) Ezer Mizion, in cooperation with the Israel Juvenile Diabetes
Associatioin held a retreat in August for religious girls afflicted
with juvenile diabetes. Together with their mothers, the girls met
at Oranit, Ezer Mizion's Guest Home for Cancer Patients (whose
guests were away at Ezer Mizion's summer camp for cancer
patients). Ezer Mizion's "Sweet Retreat" gave mothers a chance
to get away from the 24/7 occupation with the illness and realize
that "there is life beyond diabetes." It also enabled them to enjoy
the emotional reprieve gained from meeting other parents who
are dealing with the same challenges and sharing experiences.


Recommendation:
Ezer Mizion is a highly efficient non-profit. 85.2% of its revenue
reaches its target – Israel's sick, disabled, elderly and underprivileged
populations. Ezer Mizion is is also poised to sustain its programs and
services over the long haul. Ezer Mizion needs to advertise its
financial efficiency and its four star efficiency rating from Charity
Navigator.

For comparison purposes, Charity Navigator has given
an overall rating of three stars to Easter Seals, a non-profit
that helps people with disabilities gain greater independence.

Next Week’s Blog: American Friends of Yeshivot Bnei Akiva

The American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel

Mission:
The American Society for the Protection of Nature in
Israel (ASPNI), http://www.aspni.org/, was founded in
1986 to help raise awareness and support for the work of
the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI),
Israel's oldest and largest environmental organization.
Today, SPNI leads the public and decision-makers in the
search for environmentally sustainable and economically
sound ways to promote growth while protecting Israel's
unique environmental heritage. Through education, organizing
public involvement, informing decision-makers and proposing
creative solutions to development plans, SPNI has established
an impressive list of achievements. Since 1953, SPNI has
worked to promote knowledge, love, and respect for the land
among its citizens and abroad.

Recent News:
Traffic and Air Pollution:
Air pollution is a major and increasing problem in Israel.
According to a 2004 study conducted by the (Air Pollution and
Health) European Information System, the Tel Aviv-Jaffa region
has the worst air pollution among European cities, causing over
1,500 deaths each year. Furthermore, the Israel Ministry of the
Environment claims that one child in five suffers from breathing
difficulties as a result of serious air pollution. Health care and
other costs due to premature death and illness are estimated at
over $77.4 million a year. Transportation issues are considered the
major culprit of air pollution in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa region. SPNI's
review of the city's transportation policies showed that $220 million
has been spent over the past five years on expansion and
construction of roads and highways, while public transportation
has not been improved. Plans for a light railway in the city have
barely progressed, and viable solutions for a sustainable
transportation policy in the city are scarcely visible. SPNI is
working to raise public consciousness on the need to address the
air pollution issue and educate the public about the various
controversies that are delaying action, such as a
long-standing dispute over a light rail or subway system .

Financial Efficiency Evaluation:
According to Charity Navigator (http://www.charitynavigator.org/),
America’s leading charity evaluator, ASPNI has an overall rating of
4 stars (four stars is the highest rating.) Charity Navigator provides
the following breakdown of the ASPNI based on 990 tax returns through 2006:

Overall Rating: 4 stars ****

Organizational Efficiency
Program Expenses: 89.0%
Administrative Expenses: 5.8%
Fundraising Expenses: 5.1%
Fundraising Efficiency: $0.05
Efficiency Rating: 4 stars ****

Organizational Capacity
Primary Revenue Growth: 21.0%
Program Expenses Growth: 21.3%
Working Capital Ratio (years): 0.02
(ASPNI can sustain itself for 0.02 years without
generating new revenue.)
Capacity Rating: 4 stars ****

Organizational Capacity refers to an organization’s abilityto
sustain itself over time. Charities that exhibit consistent
revenue and expenses growth are more likely to sustain its
programs and services over the long haul.

ASPNI has net assets of $36,506. Compensation for its
Executive Director, Edit Reizes, was $72,648 which represents
4.67% of its expenses.

Recommendation:

ASPNI is a highly efficient non-profit. 89% of itsrevenue reaches its
target – educating and organizing the public in creating solutions
to environmental problems related to growing Israel’s economy.
ASPNI is also poised to sustain its programs and services
over the long haul.

For comparison purposes, Charity Navigator has given
an overall rating of two stars to the Sierra Club Foundation.
The Sierrra Club Foundation funds a range of environmental
projects which fall into the three general categories of public
education, litigation, and training aimed at creating a safe
and healthy environment.

ASPNI needs to advertise its financial efficiency and its four
star efficiency rating from Charity Navigator. It also needs to
update its website SPNI also needs to update it news section
in its website as the most recent entry refers to an article in
The Jerusalem Report March 5, 2007.

Aleh Foundation

Mission:
The Aleh Foundation (AF), http://www.aleh.org/ supports Aleh,
an organization that serves brain damaged children. Established
in 1982, Aleh believes that every child, regardless of the
severity of the physical or cognitive disability, has the right to
benefit from the best available care and develop to his or her
fullest potential. Aleh is Israel's largest and most advanced
network of residential facilities for children with severe disabilities.
Approximately 650 severely disabled Jewish children are
receiving top quality medical, educational and rehabilitative care
at our branches in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Gedera and the Negev.
Aleh cares for children with medical conditions such as Autism,
Cerebral Palsy and Down's Syndrome, as well as genetic disorders
including Tay-Sachs, Canavan disease and Rett syndrome.

Recent News:
1) Aleh Summer Camps:
The Aleh Foundation runs a summer camp program entitled
“Dreams Come True” Day Camps. It started during the first week
of July, and excitement filled the air! It is an opportunity for the
most severely disabled children in Israel to participate in activities
that include swimming, the beach, clown shows, field days and fun
fairs. Taking a wheelchair-bound severely disabled child who needs
to be fed through a “Kangaroo” feeding tube to the beach, or for a
picnic, or for a sleep-away, is no simple matter. It is, in fact, a major
logistical challenge. But at Aleh, we believe that every child deserves
the fun and excitement of being a child, especially for children whose
everyday existence is a struggle. “Seeing our children play in the
sand, splash in the waves, enjoy a barbeque and pet the farm
animals; seeing our children with smiles on their lips and laughter
in their eyes – we take pride in knowing we have succeeded in
making Dreams Come True.”

2) IAF Israeli Brigadier General Visits Aleh Negev:
Last week the commander of the Eran Hatzerim Israeli Air Force Base
in the Negev, Brigadier General Hagi Topolanski, was treated to an
in-depth, personal view of the Aleh Negev-Nahalat village from up
close. He met with Aleh Negev Chairman Major General (Res) Doron
Almog, and was visibly moved by what he termed the “bravery and
valor” of the young residents. He found that “here, disability is no
deterrent,” as he marveled at the accomplishments of the village
residents, who despite severe handicaps, overcome challenges on a
daily basis. The Brigadier General said he had learned much from the
visit. “Society tends to view things through the perspective of
economics – what each person can contribute,” said Topolansky.
“But one of the great strengths inherent in Aleh Negev is its collective
conscience and the desire to provide mutual assistance – and this is a
lesson we can all incorporate in ourselves.” He also noted that the
goals and activities of the village clearly have an impact far beyond
its immediate range, with a chain of cooperation established
between staff, families, and the regional community. After completing
his visit, Topolanski pledged that the Hatzerim base and all its
personnel would harness their energies towards helping Aleh Negev
however they could, taking part in joint activities and lending their
efforts towards future endeavors.


Financial Efficiency Evaluation:

According to Charity Navigator (http://www.charitynavigator.org/),
America’s leading charity evaluator, the AF has an overall rating of
4 stars (four stars is the highest rating.) Charity Navigator provides
the following breakdown of the AF based on 990 tax returns through 2006:

Overall Rating: 4 stars ****
Organizational Efficiency
Program Expenses: 90.8%
Administrative Expenses: 5.3%
Fundraising Expenses: 3.7%
Fundraising Efficiency: $0.03
Efficiency Rating: 4 stars ****

Organizational Capacity
Primary Revenue Growth: 48.3%
Program Expenses Growth: 68.7%
Working Capital Ratio (years): 0.18
(AF can sustain itself for 0.18 years without
generating new revenue.)
Capacity Rating: 4 stars ****

Organizational Capacity refers to an organization’s ability
to sustain itself over time. Charities that exhibit consistent
revenue and expenses growth are more likely to sustain its
programs and services over the long haul.

Net assets for The Aleh Foundation are $873,427. Its President,
Jeffrey Tenenbaum, was not compensated. Compensation for
its Director of Communications, Steven Weiner, was $52,000;
this was 1.69% of expenses.

Recommendation:
The Aleh Foundation is a highly efficient non-profit. 90% of its
revenue reaches its target – the severely disabled children of Israel.
It is also poised to sustain its programs and services over the long
haul. For comparison purposes, Charity Navigator has given an
overall rating of three stars to Easter Seals; Easter Seals also helps
people with disabilities. The Aleh Foundation needs to advertise
its financial efficiency and its four star efficiency rating from
Charity Navigator.

Next Week’s Blog: The American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.

American Friends of Nishmat

MISSION:
American Friends of Nishmat (AFN) http://www.nishmat.net/
supports Nishmat, the Jerusalem Center for advanced Jewish
study for women. Nishmat students are serious about their
Judaism. They expect to delve deeply into Torah learning.
They aim to grow intellectually and spiritually. Nishmat
unites native Israelis and Americans, Ethiopians and
Europeans in a cohesive learning community. We seek to
develop leaders to contribute to Jewish life. Nishmat offers
intensive programs of text-based Torah study for beginners
o advanced scholars. Programs include the Alisa Flatow
Overseas Students Program, Shana Ba'Aretz pre-college year
in Israel, summer study programs, the Nishmat Ethiopian
Women program, and Keren Ariel Yoatzot Halacha, a leading
halachic studies program.

RECENT NEWS:
In the fall of 2007, Nishmat dedicated a new campus in Jerusalem.
During chol hamoed Sukkot, nearly 300 of Nishmat’s supporters,
students, alumnae, and faculty gathered under s’chach and starry
skies for a festive celebration of Nishmat’s new campus.
Hadassah Lieberman, a public policy expert and wife of
Senator Joseph Lieberman was the keynote speaker.
Mrs. Lieberman, has seen Nishmat’s impact first-hand as her
daughter Hani Lieberman, 19, is a graduate of Nishmat’s Shana
Ba’Aretz program. In the keynote address, Lieberman said,
“Jewish women have always been central to their communities
and families…We are important, and we must teach our children,
our communities, to learn.” Rabbanit Henkin called Lieberman’s
participation “a tremendous kiddush Hashem,” explaining that
the media attention she drew helped broadcast in several countries
that “there is a place where women study Torah at the highest
level, with love for mitzvot and sensitivity to their neighbors.”

AFN sponsors Torah colloquiums around the country.
On July 28, 2008, AFN is sponsoring the
Fifth Annual Hamptons Torah Colloquium for Women and Men
featuring Rabbanit Chana Henkin on Monday and Tuesday,
July 28-29.

FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY EVALUATION:
According to Charity Navigator (http://www.charitynavigator.org/),
America’s leading charity evaluator, the AFN has an overall rating of
4 stars (four stars is the highest rating.) Charity Navigator
provides the following breakdown of the AFN based on 990 tax
returns through 2006:

Overall Rating: 4 stars ****
Organizational Efficiency
Program Expenses: 92.7%
Administrative Expenses: 5.3%
Fundraising Expenses: 1.9%
Fundraising Efficiency: $0.01
Efficiency Rating: 4 stars ****

Organizational Capacity
Primary Revenue Growth: 59.3%
Primary Expenses Growth: 79.9%
Working Capital Ratio (years): 0.48
(AFN can sustain itself for 0.48 years
without generating new revenue.)
Capacity Rating: 4 stars ****

Organizational Capacity refers to an organization’s
ability to sustain itself over time. Charities that
exhibit consistent revenue and expenses growth
are more likely to sustain its programs and services
over the long haul.

AFN has net assets of $1,765,879. Compensation for its
Executive Director, Sondra Fisch, was $86,000 which was
2.37% of expenses.

RECOMMENDATION:
American Friends of Nishmat is a highly efficient non-profit
organization and has demonstrated an ability to sustain itself
over time. For purposes of comparison, Charity Navigator has
given The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation,
located in North Hollywood, California, an overall rating of one
star. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation
sponsors educational and archival programs about the evolution
of television and digital media

Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans

MISSION:
Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans (FIDV), http://www.fidv.org/,
raises funds for the Beit Halochem Centers in Israel. "The
Beit Halochem Centers are committed to caring for Israeli
servicemen and women disabled in the line of duty, as well
as caring for those whose lives are shattered by terror. The
centers provide therapeutic and recreational facilities to help
them resume lives of purpose and dignity. At the three
rehabilitation and convalescent centers in Israel, our heroes
receive the special kind of emotional and physical rehabilitation
they need, in an environment of love, encouragement, and with
appreciation for their tremendous sacrifice. Today, FIDV raises
funds to assist the more than 50,000 disabled veterans and
victims of terror."

RECENT NEWS:
The FIDV website contains articles about the work done by the
Beit Halohem Centers in Israel. The menu of the FIDV website
homepage has a section entitled “In the Press.” The most recent
article is not recent, it is dated February 2, 2006 and it is not an
FIDV article, but rather, it is an article produced by the Beit Halohem
Centers. This article says the folloiwng: "Founded in 1949, the
IDF Disabled Veterans Association provides soldiers with the tools
they need to put their lives back together. Today, the group runs
three Beit Halohem rehabilitation centers in Tel Aviv, Haifa and
Jerusalem and is currently building a new one in Beersheba. As one
would expect, the Beit Halohem center at 49 Rehov Shmuel Barcay
in Tel Aviv has all the requisite physical therapy units, but there are
no morose, elderly patients in gowns being led around by nurses.
Rather, the rehab center seems more like an upscale social club than
anything else: Wheelchair-bound veterans twirl with lithe dance
instructors in the auditorium while the more athletically inclined
sweat it out on the basketball court."

FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY EVALUATION:

According to Charity Navigator(http://www.charitynavigator.org)/
America’s leading charity evaluator, theFIDV has an overall rating
of 0 stars (the lowest rating - four stars is the highest rating.)
Charity Navigator provides the following breakdown of the FIDV
based on 990 tax returns through 2006:

Overall Rating: 0 stars
Organizational Efficiency
Program Expenses: 0.1%
Administrative Expenses: 57.3%
Fundraising Expenses: 42.5%
Fundraising Efficiency: $0.29
Efficiency Rating: 0 stars

Organizational Capacity
Primary Revenue Growth: -16.0%
Primary Expenses Growth: -91.8%
Working Capital Ratio (years): 3.00
Capacity Rating: *

Organizational Capacity refers to an organization’s
ability to sustain itself over time. Charities that
exhibit consistent revenue and expenses growth
are more likely to sustain its programs and services
over the long haul.


The Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans has net assets
of $4,073,388. Compensation for its Executive Director,
Linda Frankel, was $130,000 which was 9.91% of
expenses. Percentage wise, this is a very high figure.
For purposes of comparison, the Friends of Israel Defense
Forces (http://www.fidf.org/) has net assets of $43,332,745.
Compensation for its National Director, Yehiel Gozal,
was $243,200 which was only 0.71% of expenses.
(For a review of the FIDF, see my blog of May 9, 2008.)
The FIDV spent only $1,800 (0.1% of expenses) on program
expenses – the disabled veterans. Thus its Executive
Director received more than 70% more money than the
disabled veterans! The FIDF spent $27,778,278 (81.7% of
expenses) on program expenses – the same disabled veterans.

RECOMMENDATION:
Charity Navigator has given the Friends of Israel Disabled
Veterans an overall rating of 0 stars because it is a very
inefficient non-profit organization. Friends of Israel Defense
Forces raises funds for the same disabled Israeli veterans.
Charity Navigator has given this organization an overall rating
of 4 stars. A donor seeking to help disabled Israeli veterans
should give their donation to the Friends of the Israel Defense
Forces.

Next Week’s Blog: American Friends of Nishmat

Anti-Defamation League

MISSION:
The Anti-Defamation League ("ADL"), http://www.adl.org/,
was founded in 1913 to combat the anti-Semitism and
discrimination against Jews that was prevalent at the
time. Fairly soon after its establishment, ADL's
mission expanded to include the eradication of bias
and discrimination against people of all races and
religions. Amicus curiae, literally "friend of the court,"
briefs have proven to be one of the most effective means
of achieving this goal. Such briefs are filed by groups
which are not parties to a particular dispute but
nevertheless have a stake in its outcome. As a civil rights
organization with a stake in many different types of civil
rights litigation, ADL has filed amicus briefs in cases
involving issues that range from the separation of church
and state to racial discrimination to censorship. Now the
nation's premier civil rights/human relations agency, the
ADL defends democratic ideals and protects civil rights
for all. The ADL serves as a resource for government,
media, law enforcement, educators and the public.

RECENT NEWS:
Following are two projects in which the ADL is fighting
anti-semitism and anti-Israel bias:
1)The ADL is asking visitors to its website to sign a pledge
to support its fight against anti-semitism and anti-Israel
websites and chat groups called "Anti-semitism 2.0."
2)It is asking supporters to sign a letter addressed to Arab
ambassadors to protest anti-semitic cartoons published by
the Arab media; one such cartoon is a picture of Israeli
soldiers imitating the famous Iwo Jima picture, but hoisting
a Nazi flag instead of the American flag. support for a letter
of solidarity to be sent to victims of the Hamas rockets
launched from Gaza.

The ADL had also filed an amicus brief in the recent Supreme
Court decision on the Second Amendment. The brief argued
that the Second Amendment should not be interpreted as
limiting a state’s authority to regulate firearms when it seeks
to protect the life, liberty and property of its citizens. Rather,
the brief argued, the language of the Amendment can only be
reasonably read to prohibit the federal government from
interfering with such state regulation.



FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY EVALUATION:
According to Charity Navigator
(http://www.charitynavigator.org)/ America’s
leading charity evaluator, the ADL has an overall rating
of three stars (four stars is the highest rating.) Charity
Navigator provides the following breakdown of the
ADL based on 990 tax returns through 2006:

Overall Rating ***

Organizational Efficiency:
Program Expenses 78.0%
Administrative Expenses 9.0%
Fundraising Expenses 12.8%
Fundraising Efficiency $0.12
(ADL spends $0.12 to raise $1.)
Efficiency Rating ***

Organizational Capacity:
Program Revenue Growth 5.9%
Program Expenses Growth 6.3%
Working Capital Ratio (years) .72
(ADL can sustain itself for 0.72 years
without generating new revenue.)
Capacity Rating ****

Organizational Capacity refers to an organization’s
ability to sustain itself over time. Charities that
exhibit consistent revenue and expenses growth
are more likely to sustain its programs and services
over the long haul.

The ADL has net assets of $178,645,573. Compensation
for its National Director, Abraham Foxman, was $529,442
which is 0.69% of expenses. Percentage wise, this is a low
figure compared to other non-profits.

RECOMMENDATION:
The ADL can improve its overall rating and its efficiency rating
from Charity Navigator by increasing the percentage of
expenses spent on its programs and by concomitantly lowering
the percentage of expenses spent on fundraising and
administrative costs.

Next Week’s Blog: Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans