Pitchon Lev - Fighting Poverty in Israel - About Pitchon Lev

Financial Transparency

Integrity and financial transparency

Background:

'pitchon-lev' is a non-political, non-profit organization, which works for the benefit of society in Israel. The 'pitchon-lev' organization is active owing to the public's support and contribution. Therefore, transparency is a fundamental and important principle guiding our operations. We find it a privilege to report every details of what we do. This site provides full disclosure of our financial and accounting information, including wages.

Financial statements:

The organization's annual financial statements and balance sheets are audited by a large international accounting firm, Kesselman and Kesselman PwC, and are regularly submitted to the Registrar of Societies. In addition, our annual financial statements are available to anyone at the office of 'pitchon-lev'. If you wish to make comments or ask questions, we would be happy to oblige.

Supervision and control:

The activities of 'pitchon-lev' are supervised by the Registrar of Societies, which, on a regular basis, provides an official certification of proper management. The organization's budget and financial activity are closely supervised by Kesselman and Kesselman (Partner – Giora Burshtein, CPA) and the Azulay-Sotovsky accounting firm.

Audit committee:

The organization has an audit committee headed by Haviv Dudai, CPA, who performs regular audits and supervises all the activities of the organization. This audits are held to ensure compliance with proper work procedures and with the values of 'pitchon-lev', namely: integrity and reliability.

Certificates:

Registered Society – at the Registrar of Societies

Approval of proper management for 2007 – the Registrar of Societies

Approval of recognized donations/Section 46a – The Israeli Income Tax

Approval of proper book management – The Israeli Income Tax

Certificate of Non-Profit Organization – Value Added Tax

Exemption of withholding tax – The Israeli Income Tax

The Executive Committee:

The executive committee, which comprises five members, working voluntarily, constitutes the highest legal authority for decision making at the organization and sets an example for all other volunteers. Members of the executive committee convene 12-14 times a year, apart from their daily routine work.

The chairman and members of the executive committee manage a professional staff of 20 paid employees. This staff, headed by founder and managing director, Nissim Zioni, is the heart of the organization and efficiently supervises the work of thousands of volunteers, from all levels of Israeli society as well as among Jewish organization worldwide.

These volunteers constitute the central pillar of 'pitchon-lev''s activities. Thanks to them we manage to spread our efforts all over the country.

Position	Name	Occupation	Start of operation
Chairman of the Executive Committee	Doron Shelly	Businessman in the field of construction in Israel and worldwide	April 2000
Member of the Executive Committee	Erik Zohar	and systems advisor	September 1998
Member of the Executive Committee	Shimshon Katz	Businessman in the field of transportation and cargo	April 2000
Member of the Executive Committee	Yaakov Ben-Tora	Businessman in the field of transportation and pharmaceuticals	September 1998
Member of the Executive Committee	Moshe Rapaport	Businessman in the field of real estate, insurance and investments	January 2004

The Staff:

Management:

Managing Director - Full-time job

Secretary - National service

Bookkeeper - Full-time job

Projects and cooperation:

Manager of financial resources and cooperation – Full-time job

Head of projects and collaborations - Part-time job

Head of projects and foreign relations - Full-time job

Head of donations - National service

Educational Center – Azur

Head of the Educational Center – Part-time job

Content manager - Paid by the hour

Group instructors - Paid by the hour

Help Center Rishon-Lezion

Manager of help center - Full-time job

Assistant manager - Full-time job

Secretary - National service

Head of operations - Part-time job

Coordinator of assistance - Full-time job

Coordinator of volunteers - Full-time job

Person in charge of warehouses - Volunteer

Person in charge of clothes warehouse – Volunteer

Volunteers – 10,141 days in 2005

Tel-Aviv Bazaar

Head of Bazaar – Full-time job

Assistants - volunteers

Or-Yehuda Bazaar

Head of Bazaar – Full-time job

Assistant - National service

Assistants - volunteers

Help Center – Carmiel

Manager of help center - Full-time job

Assistant manager - Full-time job

Person in charge of warehouses - Volunteer

Person in charge of clothes warehouse – Volunteer

Head of donations and secretary - Full-time job

Volunteers – 4,681 days in 2005

Total number of full-time employees in 'pitchon-lev': 14

Total number of part -time employees in 'pitchon-lev': 3

Total number of volunteer days: 14,822

List of highest wages on the payroll:

Job	Net salary	Gross salary
Bookkeeper	NIS 6,849	NIS 8,952
Manager of Help Center R.L	NIS 7,562	NIS 10,075
Manager of Help Center C.	NIS 7,338	NIS 10,059
Head of financial resources	NIS 9,659	NIS 14,259
Managing Director	NIS 13,237	NIS 26,083

Print Version

Send to a friend