Gan Israel Preschool
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Gan Israel Preschool provides day care pre-school services for young children ages 18 months to 5 years. The preschool offers a creative and nurturing environment where any child regardless of race or religion will feel at home. Gan Israel is an Outdoor-Education Certified preschool where children will spend all of their day outdoors.
- Income
- $434,923
- Spending
- $473,258
- Spent on programs
- 80%
- Reserves
- 2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 92%
- Employees
- 9
- Volunteers
- 2
- Highest pay
- $101,715, president director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 54 out of 100. Higher than 21% of charities in its peer group (human services, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.0 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 9% of income.
Income trend
5 of 15Income fell 15% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1580% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Fair: 56 out of 100. Higher than 26% of charities in its peer group (human services, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 255 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15Reports no written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $379,139 spent. Gan Israel Preschools objective is to provide day care services to children ages 18 months to 5 years in the city of San Rafael CA. The preschools mission is to prepare children for further education and transition into kindergarten and elementary school to enrich their knowledge in Jewish culture and traditions and to enable parents to attend places of employment while their children are being cared for in a natural outdoor and nurturing environment. This year the preschool provided services for 31 students some of whose families have difficulty paying full tuition. The preschool works with community organizations to find program funding as well as to provide tuition scholarships and discounts to those families. Any scholarship funds contributed to the preschool are redirected through its scholarship committee to be distributed to families who qualify for financial aid as well as to program and site enrichment. In addition to distributing the scholarship amounts received from community organizations the preschool provides financially challenged families with extra tuition discounts and scholarships. The preschool accomplished its primary mission of providing early Jewish childhood education to young children while at the same time enabling financially-strapped parents to send their child to their preschool of choice.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 2010.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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