Ohel Children's Home and Family Services took in $104 million in the fiscal year that ended June 2025. That is up from $88.1 million the year before, according to its Form 990.
Most of the increase came from one line. Contributions went from $12.07 million to $27.31 million. The filing data doesn't say whether that was one large gift, a capital campaign or a bequest.
The rest of the money
Program service revenue: $76.3 million, largely paid by government agencies for services Ohel provides
Government grants: $5.8 million in fiscal 2023, $6.1 million in fiscal 2024, per Impala
Who runs it
David Mandel is Ohel's second CEO and, by his own 2019 account, had then been with the agency about 24 years. He co-edited a book on abuse in the Orthodox community with Dr. David Pelcovitz. Ohel's handling of abuse has drawn scrutiny before: a 2011 Jewish Week investigation reported a case at its Tikvah branch that was not reported to child protective services, and the Times of Israel reported in 2022 on Child Victims Act suits over abuse in the 1980s and 1990s. We found no outcome in those suits.
David Mandel, CEO: $551,564
Howard Lorch, CFO: $331,146
Eliezer Brazil, camp director: $288,066
Amy Bierig, chief administrative officer: $278,111
Adam Lancer, COO: $277,439. He joined Ohel in 2000 as general counsel after prosecuting abuse and neglect cases in Family Court, and became COO in 2021.
What we are checking
Kol America will ask Ohel what drove the $15 million increase in giving, and how its $76 million in program revenue splits among Medicaid, the city's Administration for Children's Services and the state's developmental disabilities office.
How we reported this: from Ohel's Form 990 data (EIN 11-6078704) on ProPublica and Impala, the Jewish Link, the Jewish Week via JTA and the Times of Israel. Tips: [email protected].