Hebrew SeniorLife
Overview
Mission
Hebrew SeniorLife’s mission is to enhance the aging experience so all can live fully. At Hebrew SeniorLife, we believe that housing is more than shelter — it’s a foundation for health, well-being, and community. Our service-enriched housing model integrates health care and social supports directly into our communities, empowering older adults to focus on what matters most to them and helping them to live their best lives. Key features of our approach include: **R3 Model (Right Care, Right Place, Right Time)****:** Health and well-being teams proactively engage with residents, connecting them with health care, nutrition, and social services to improve quality of life and reduce hospitalizations.
What it reported doing in 2023
Other program service revenue is made up of miscellaneous non-patient service revenue and expenses, including department of medicine teaching, fellowships & other support, food service, variety of ancillary programs, and space leased by HSL.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042104298
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2023
- Website reviewed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-T 2023
- Headquarters
- Boston, MA, USA
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health
- Affiliation
- Judaism
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 62
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.6%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 93.5%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Public governance controls: 1 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.4%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.38; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.57; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 93.6% of revenue deployed · 93.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 4 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $157.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $1.1M · 22 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 36 of 37 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2009 to 2023
- Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 16 filed related-organization links