UMass Hillel

Legal name: Hillel House at the University of Mass at Amherst

Overview

Mission

We empower students through the vitality of Jewish life to cultivate purposeful, healthy lives and relationships that better our community and world. NEED HELP? - CONTACT HOST SUPPORT INSTRUCTIONS FOR SLIDESHOW: PHOTOS SHOULD NOT BE SMALLER THAN 600 PX IN HEIGHT AND 700 PX IN WIDTH. IF YOU NEED PHOTO EDITING TOOLS TRY PIXLR OR GIMP Mission, Values and History >. _UMass Hillel Mission Statement_ _**We empower students through the vitality of Jewish life to cultivate purposeful, healthy lives and relationships.

What it reported doing in 2024

Hillel house at the university of Massachusetts at amherst is the foundation of the campus jewish community, providing the infrastructure for jewish life at umass for the approximately 2,000 jewish students on campus and contributing meaningfully to the campus community at large. The mission of umass hillel is to empower students through the vitality of jewish life to cultivate purposeful, healthy lives and relationships that better our community and world. Hillel does this through a wide range of programming and leadership opportunities, including social, cultural, religious, educational, community service and bridge building opportunities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043110103
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Amherst, MA, United States
Phone
413-549-1710
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.3%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 69%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.54 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.1%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.51; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.2%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 52.3% of revenue deployed · 69% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $149K · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • RABBI AARON FINE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $149,324 total reported compensation
  • AVIVA STEIN (STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE): $2,031 total reported compensation
  • ADINAH SINGER-FRANKES (STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE): $260 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.