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← MESIFTA OF GREATER MIAMI-LOUIS MERWITZER HIGH SCHOOL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MESIFTA OF GREATER MIAMI-LOUIS MERWITZER HIGH SCHOOL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,363,959
Total expenses
$2,481,360
Contributions and grants received
$745,642
Grants paid
$456,504
Program service revenue
$1,618,317
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$902,895
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,473,637
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$2,570,742
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,939,783
Management and general expenses
$424,776
Fundraising expenses
$116,801
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,939,783

Program services were 78.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $24,755

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $720,887

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $1,618,317 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $456,504 · program services $456,504

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $974,101 · program services $779,381 · management and general $155,856 · fundraising $38,864

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,602 · program services $9,281 · management and general $1,856 · fundraising $465

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $51,970 · program services $41,576 · management and general $8,315 · fundraising $2,079

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $45,918 · program services $36,734 · management and general $7,347 · fundraising $1,837

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,000 · program services $0 · management and general $5,000 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $93,133 · program services $0 · management and general $93,133 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $301,750 · program services $241,400 · management and general $45,262 · fundraising $15,088

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,110 · program services $9,688 · management and general $1,938 · fundraising $484

  • 24a · Other expenses: CLASSROOM & STUDENT ACTIVITIES

    total $304,836 · program services $304,836 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $24,036 · program services $0 · management and general $24,036 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $164,867 · program services $24,850 · management and general $82,033 · fundraising $57,984

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $35,533 · program services $35,533 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $209,423 · end of year $35,310

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $294,188 · end of year $796,878

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $201,899

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $131,192

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $65,930 · end of year $70,707

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $52,749 · end of year $60,939

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $25,900 · end of year $1,400

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $2,013,656 · end of year $1,961,920

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $930,577 · end of year $1,449,378

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$2,501,001 · end of year -$2,570,742

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $47,660 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MECHINA ASPIRES TO DEVELOP STUDENTS WITH CHARACTER TRAITS THAT CREATE IDEAL COMMITTED TALMUDIC SCHOLARS, AND STRIVES TO PRODUCE A SUCCESSFUL AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL BY CHALLENGING THEIR INTELLECTUAL ABILITY AND ACADEMIC SCOPE. THROUGH COLLECTIVE EFFORTS WE AIM TO STIMULATE THEM TO BECOME CARING ,. COMMITTED ORTHODOX

Activities or mission (Part I)

MECHINA ASPIRES TO DEVELOP STUDENTS WITH CHARACTER TRAITS THAT CREATE IDEAL COMMITTED TALMUDIC SCHOLARS, AND STRIVES TO PRODUCE A SUCCESSFUL AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL BY CHALLENGING THEIR INTELLECTUAL ABILITY AND ACADEMIC SCOPE.

  • THE MECHINA IS A RELIGIOUS HIGH SCHOOL SERVING APPROXIMATELY 45 STUDENTS.

    Expenses $1,939,783 · Grants $456,504 · Revenue $2,363,960

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Aharon Greenberg

    SEC/ TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $3,766
    From this org
    $3,766
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Yitzchak Zweig

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Yisroel Janowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Abraham Galbut

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202601339349302590

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