Wisdom Without Walls Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
WISDOM WITHOUT WALLS IS A NONPROFIT, NONDENOMINATIONAL, ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITY THAT HOSTS INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MOST PROMINENT VOICES IN CONTEMPORARY JEWISH THOUGHT, FOSTERING DISCUSSIONS WITHOUT IDEOLOGICAL BARRIERS.
- Income
- $58,488
- Spending
- $31,119
- Reserves
- 10.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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, 2024, 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, 2024, 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 (4)
- IN AN INSIGHTFUL, YET COUNTER-INTUITIVE CONVERSATION, LIEL LEIBOVITZ EXPANDED ON WHY HE IS MORE HOPEFUL AFTER OCTOBER 7 THAN HE HAS BEEN IN A LONG TIME. OCTOBER 7TH, ACCORDING TO HIM, BROUGHT MORE PEOPLE TO EMBRACE THEIR LOVE OF AND COMMITMENT TO JUDAISM. IT ALSO FORCED US TO UNDERSTAND JUDAISM AS A DISTINCT TRADITION WITH DIFFERENT MORAL GUIDELINES AND HAS REQUIRED US TO REALIGN OUR PRIORITIES AND DOUBLE DOWN ON WHAT REALLY MATTERS.
- CONVERSATION TITLED WHERE IS GOD IN OUR TIME-EVERY TIME JEWS HAVE GONE THROUGH TRAGEDY, WE INEVITABLY HAVE THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS. WHERE IS GOD? WHY DID GOD ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN? WHAT DOES GOD WANT FROM US? THERE IS NO ONE BETTER THAN RAV YITZ GREENBERG TO LEAD US IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS TOPIC. IN HIS UPCOMING BOOK, THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE: A NARRATIVE THEOLOGY OF JUDAISM, GREENBERG DESCRIBES JUDAISMS UTOPIAN VISION OF A WORLD CREATED BY A GOD WHO LOVES LIFE, WHO INVITES HUMANS TO LIVE ON THE SIDE OF LIFE AND ENABLES THE FORCES OF LIFE TO TRIUMPH OVER DEATH. TO ACHIEVE THIS IDEAL, JUDAISM OFFERS THE METHOD OF COVENANTREALISTIC, PERSONAL, INCREMENTALA PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GOD AND HUMANITY ACROSS GENERATIONS IN WHICH HUMAN BEINGS GROW EVER MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR WORLD REPAIR.
- CONVERSATION TITLED ON OUR OWN: AMERICAN JEWISH LIBERALISM AND ANTISEMITISM-LIKE PONINES SAD SONG ON MY OWN IN LES MIS, MANY AMERICAN JEWISH LIBERALS ARE FEELING THE PAIN OF UNREQUITED LOVE WITH NUMEROUS PROGRESSIVE ALLIES IN THE WAKE OF OCTOBER 7. THE FAILURE OF MAJOR WOMENS ORGANIZATIONS TO CONDEMN THE MASSIVE SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON THE GAZA BORDER AS WELL AS THE WIDESPREAD SANITIZATION OF HAMAS AS A LEGITIMATE NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT HAVE BEEN CRUSHING FOR JEWISH PROGRESSIVES. EVEN MORE FUNDAMENTALLY, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLACE OF JEWS AND JUDAISM IN PROGRESSIVE CURRICULA HAVE BECOME MORE URGENT. RABBI LANCE J. SUSSMAN WILL EXPLORE THESE AND OTHER ISSUES AS WELL AS THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN JEWISH LIBERALISM IN HIS WISDOM WITHOUT WALLS TALK.
- $28,609 spent. WISDOM WITHOUT WALLS IS A NONPROFIT, NONDENOMINATIONAL, ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITY THAT HOSTS INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MOST PROMINENT VOICES IN CONTEMPORARY JEWISH THOUGHT, FOSTERING DISCUSSIONS WITHOUT IDEOLOGICAL BARRIERS.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 February 2024.
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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