Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School Ltd
Donations deductibleRevenue
$4.6m
year to 31 August 2025
Expenses
$3.1m
year to 31 August 2025
Total assets
$8.1m
$1.2m liabilities
Net assets
$6.9m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
15
6.2 years on average
Staff
12
employees, year to 31 August 2025
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Dr Steven Laufer
Left since last filing
5
33% of the board
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School Ltd's network
15 people5 organisationsi15 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (15). Violet dotted lines (5) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
15 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 14 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Steven Laufer Chair | Chair of the Board | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| ARI Hait | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Behnam Dayanim | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Dr Adena Klineman | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Dr Jeremy Novich | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Dr Jody Dushay | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Dr Kenneth Prager | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Eric Feldstein | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jonathan Canel | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Michael Brill | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Rabba Yaffa Epstein | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Rabbi Adam Scheier | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Rabbi AVI Weiss | Founding President | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Rella Feldman | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Steven Lieberman (also filed as Steve Lieberman) | Chair Emeritus | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
5 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Lopatin | Former President | 2018 |
| David Linzer | Rosh Yeshiva/President | since 2022 |
| Mati Friedman | Executive Vice President | 2018 |
| Noya Lavie | Director of Finance & Development Operations | since 2023 |
| Ruth Simon | Executive Director | since 2023 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 August 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Linzer | President & Rosh Hayeshiva | 40 | $253k | $61k | |
| Ruth Simon | Executive Director | 40 | $158k | ||
| Noya Lavie | Director of Finance | 40 | $153k | ||
| Deborah Zlochower | Mashgichah Ruchanit & Senior Scholar | 40 | $125k | ||
| Rabbi Avraham C Weiss | Founding President | 1 | $100k | ||
| Dr Steven Laufer | Chair of the Board | 1 | $0 | ||
| Steven Lieberman | Chair Emeritus | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ari Hait | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Michael Brill | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jonathan Canel | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dr Jody Dushay | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rella Feldman | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Eric Feldstein | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dr Adena Klineman | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dr Jeremy Novich | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dr Kenneth Prager | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rabbi Adam Scheier | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Behnam Dayanim | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rabba Yaffa Epstein | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School Ltd
- EIN
- 134159739
- Address
- 3700 Henry Hudson Pkwy 2nd FLR, Riverdale, NY, 10463-1510
- State
- New York
- Mission
- To train rabbis, educators, and leaders who embody this vision in their teaching of torah, their spiritual support of individuals, and their building of diverse and welcoming communities; to foster and strengthen a network of rabbis and communities, and to deepen and disseminate a torah and halakha that give life to this vision and enables it to thrive. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B40 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 7 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1999
- Principal officer
- Michael Brill (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 May 2001
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsDr Steven Laufer
≥8years on the filingsARI Hait
≥8years on the filingsDr Jody Dushay
≥8years on the filingsDr Kenneth Prager
Latest return
year to 31 August 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 August 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $8.1m
- Total liabilities
- $1.2m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $6.9m
- Contributions and grants received
- $4.3m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $385k
- Employees
- 12
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $3.8m | $3.2m | $552k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School Ltd. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- New York
- Entity type
- Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 7 December 2000
- Registered agent
- Not stated