Berkeley Hillel
Legal name: Foundation for U C Berkeley Hillel Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 943276612
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2015
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Berkeley, CA, United States
- Phone
- (510) 845-7793
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14
- Expenses
- $54,915
- Assets
- $1,489,682
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Rob Ruby (President)
- Susie Marcus (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman (Exec Director)
- Rob Ruby (President)
- Susie Marcus (Vice President)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Enriching the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world; Berkeley Hillel will advocate for its mission to the greater campus community and model excellence, innovation, accountability, and fun. From orientation to graduation, and through each semester, students make Berkeley Hillel their second home while sparking lifelong learning and friendships. We help each other thrive through dozens of clubs and fellowships, Shabbat and holiday services, a weekly BBQ, immersive travel, and so much more. And threaded throughout everything we do, our Jewish values tie us closer together. You are always welcome here. Welcome to Berkeley Hillel. Our Mission:** Enriching the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world, Berkeley Hillel will advocate for its mission to the greater campus community and will model in its...
What it reported doing in 2015
Provided occupancy space and related services to Berkeley Hillel at the University of California at Berkeley.During the year ended June 30, 2016, the Foundation for U.C. Berkeley Hille1 Inc. provided Berkeley Hillel with in-kind use of facilities, the value of which has been estimated at $135,000.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 71% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 96.9%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -392,150%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 27.13; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 94.7% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $53K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2014 to 2015
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.