Ldor Vdor Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The LDor VDor Foundation supports research, development, education, and awareness projects that advance ancestral discovery for anyone with interest in Jewish family history and heritage. The LDVDF identifies, designs, operationalizes, and supports substantive projects that enable ancestral and descendant discovery, strengthen Jewish self-knowledge, identity, connection, and community. We are educating people of Jewish descent in their family history and heritage and how to research the same.
- Income
- $19,654
- Spending
- $16,059
- Reserves
- 5.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ 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)
- $5,845 spent. Research and development to build JCat, the word's most comprehensive catalog of historic documents of Jewish lives. Work conducted by volunteers. Survey work conducted in Australia, Venezuela, Netherlands, US, and Canada. JCat now holds 10334 searchable entries for ancestral research. The Weekly News Nosh, a digest of Jewish history and heritage news items, is distributed via social media and email. Launched JDays, the first calendar of Jewish heritage, history, and family history events. Artificial Intelligence (AI) models trained to read historical handwritten documents in Russian, Polish, Yiddish, Hebrew, Arabic, and Ladino. Model improvements continue. Three Yiddish AI HTR models published for use by the public. Developed AI layout models for formatted records. Developed the Ask Rosenberg application... five steps in five minutes to ancestral discovery and showcased it at major Jewish community events. Developed the PastPort app - an AI-enabled advanced prototype for map-based ancestral discovery.
Source: Form 990EZ 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2022.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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