Queens Hillel
Legal name: B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at Queens College Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 113285824
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Aug 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Flushing, NY, United States
- Phone
- 718-997-3980
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,288,128
- Expenses
- $1,156,199
- Assets
- $1,312,832
- Liabilities
- $16,956
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MURIEL GOLDBERG (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DANIEL TAVAKOLI (PRESIDENT)
- ERIKA WITOVER (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JENNA CITRON SCHWAB (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JENNA CITRON SCHWAB (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $147,811 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
& Vision Our Mission To enrich the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. Our Mission To enrich the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. Our Vision. Queens Hillel is proud to share that we have received Candid’s 2025 Platinum Seal of Transparency - a leading symbol of transparency and accountability in the nonprofit sector. EIN: 11-3285824. Queens College Hillel is a 501(c)3 Charitable organization under the Internal Revenue Service Code. All donations made are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. We rely on charitable contributions to do our work. We receive about half of our support from UJA-Federation of New York. Our Annual Report contains a listing and "thank you" to all of our donors. We publish a new one in December of each year. 2024 Impact Report 2025 Form 990.
What it reported doing in 2024
Leadership development and student success: in the dynamic realm of college life, queens hillel offers a myriad of ways for students to cultivate and hone their leadership skills. Our approach is multifaceted, recognizing both individuals already equipped with leadership acumen and those eager to discover and unlock their potential. By professionally mentoring students and connecting them to leadership development and career readiness opportunities, we empower them to not only thrive within the campus community but also to stand out in their future professional journeys. Our comprehensive portfolio includes professional internships, immersive learning fellowships, weekly career development programs, collaborative interfaith initiatives, and wellness programming. Through these initiatives, we strive to nurture a diverse and dynamic pipeline of young adults, equipping them with the skills and confidence needed to emerge as the next generation of influential leaders shaping the landscape of New York city.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% 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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 80.2%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st 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: Limited
- 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- 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: 10.2%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.14; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 72% of revenue deployed · 80.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $928K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $148K · 18 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.