The Brandeis School of San Francisco
Legal name: Brandeis Hillel Day School Endowment Fund
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 421604566
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2011
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2009
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- Phone
- 415-406-1035
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $25,573
- Expenses
- $515,037
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Brandeis School of San Francisco inspires students to lead lives of learning and purpose; we provide a challenging academic environment and a welcoming, inclusive community, each deeply enriched by Jewish thought, values, and traditions. The board hires, supports, and evaluates the head of school. Together, the members of the board and the head of school share decision-making regarding financial policies, enrollment and size of school, and facilities needs. To that end, the board of trustees must vote on a number of key decisions every year, including—but not limited to—the budget, school tuition, and teacher salary increases. Note that individual trustees do not have any authority; authority for decision making rests with the board as a whole.
What it reported doing in 2011
The foundation made grants in support of the charitable, educational, scientific or religious purposes of the jewishcommunity federation of san francisco, the peninsula, marin andsonoma counties, and the brandeis hillel jewish day school.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 71% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 95
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 4
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1,914%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.7%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 58.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -100% per year; rating input score 0; 4th 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: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $510K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $256K · 7 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 3 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.