Rita Levine Rabin Hillel at Hunter College
Legal name: Hunter Hillel Foundation
Overview
Mission
To give students experience in and exposure to a community of friends and mentors in a Jewish culture that explores life, locates meaning, and develops a sense of purpose. > #### **Your support keeps the candles burning.** > **A gift today** ensures that every Hunter student has access to Jewish community, whether through a traditional Shabbat or a unique, student-driven experience like _Not Shabbat Shabbat_. Support Us. Support Us The Ripple Effect of Jewish Learning Beyond College: A Lifelong Connection to Jewish Life. From foundational learning cohorts to text-based study and peer-led initiatives, we provide a structured pathway for students to engage with Jewish tradition in ways that are meaningful, relevant, and lasting. Through mentorship, immersive learning, and leadership development, we empower students to try new things and create uniquely meaningful Jewish experiences....
What it reported doing in 2024
During the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025, the organization transferred approximately $854,597 of cash to rita levine rabin at hunter college, inc., a related tax-exempt organization, in connection with the restructuring and continuation of hunter hillel's exempt activities through the related entity. This transfer represented a one-time reallocation of operating resources and is included in grants and other assistance to domestic organizations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 67% of its reported program spending out as grants.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133853221
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Website reviewed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- New York, NY, USA
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Judaism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for setting executive pay and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 60
- Accountability: 96
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Impact reporting controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public relationship transparency: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Public governance controls: 4 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -100.1%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.19; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.9%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 26.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $164K · 14 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.