Transparency

Open books. Open work.

Every dollar, every partnership, every public document - laid out here so donors, families, and partners can see exactly how Collective Kindness operates.

Independently verified.

Our financials and operations have been reviewed by the major independent nonprofit watchdogs. Click any badge to verify on their site.

Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency

Candid Platinum Seal

The highest tier of transparency awarded by Candid (formerly GuideStar). Every required disclosure is on file and current.

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Charity Navigator Four-Star Rating Badge (2026)

Charity Navigator Four-Star Rated

Evaluated annually on financial health and transparency. Collective Kindness earned the highest possible Four-Star rating for 2026.

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Financial filings.

Our IRS Form 990 filings and year-end financial reports.

Impact reports.

A new report every year - what we set out to do, what we actually did, what we learned.

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2025 · Annual

Impact Report - 2025 Year-End

Year-end review: families served, dollars deployed, what worked, what we learned.

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2025 · Mid-year (Jan–Jun)

Impact Report - 2025 Mid-Year

First-half progress: 36 new client families, $1.08M income generated through job placements, 10 graduations.

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2024 · Annual

Donor Report - 2024 Year-End

The Smart Chesed model in action: $900K raised, 110 families served, foundation laid for 2025 scale-up.

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Our foundations.

The foundations and family funds whose support makes this work possible.

UJA-Federation of New York
UJA-Federation of New York
The Natan Fund
The Natan Fund
Walder Foundation
Walder Foundation
Community Chest
Community Chest
The Rohr Family Foundation
The Emet Foundation
Daily Giving
Daily Giving
Fischel Foundation
Fischel Foundation

Who we work with.

The lenders, community organizations, and partner agencies who refer families and collaborate on the ground.

JUF Chicago
JUF Chicago
Hebrew Free Loan Society
Hebrew Free Loan Society
Florida Ozer Center
Florida Ozer Center
Mesila
Mesila
Living Smarter Jewish
Living Smarter Jewish
Sister to Sister Network
Sister to Sister Network
REEF NJ
REEF NJ
Crown Heights JCC
Crown Heights JCC
Lakewood Resource and Referral Center
LRR Center
Achiezer
Achiezer

As featured in.

Reporters and editors who have written about what we do.

Kosher Money podcast with Eli Langer
Kosher Money · Eli Langer

Collective Kindness on Kosher Money

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eJewishPhilanthropy
eJewishPhilanthropy

Middle-class Jewish families are struggling to stay afloat - and it's time for a real solution

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Ami Magazine
Ami Magazine · Issue 152

Collective Kindness feature

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Jewish Action
Jewish Action

Crushed by the costs: the hidden financial strain of the Orthodox middle class

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Living Lchaim
Living Lchaim

Collective Kindness on Living Lchaim

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Jew in the City
Jew in the City

This Chabad rabbi left the Wall Street Journal to build a radical new model of giving charity

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Collive
Collive

New debt-relief org has your interests in mind

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Aish
Aish

How a new nonprofit is solving financial struggles from the ground up

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Jewish Link
Jewish Link

How one organization uses Smart Chesed to help families become self-sufficient

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Hamodia
Hamodia

Collective Kindness feature

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