Diane and Howard Schilit Hillel at University of Florida

Legal name: Gainesville Jewish Student Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
651090524
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Gainesville, FL, United States
Phone
352.372.2900
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,042,703
Expenses
$1,883,613
Assets
$7,847,218
Liabilities
$5,144,762

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RABBI JONAH ZINN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • LANDER GOLD (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • RABBI JONAH ZINN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $163,624 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Schilit Hillel's mission is to enrich the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. VISION Schilit Hillel envisions a campus community where every Jewish Gator is inspired to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning and Israel. VISION.

What it reported doing in 2024

Antisemitism and israel education schilit hillel educates students, faculty, administrators, and campus partners about the jewish student experience and the importance of allyship in response to rising antisemitism on college campuses. Through educational programming, advocacy initiatives, intergroup dialogue, and public awareness campaigns, including the award-winning spread cream cheese not hate initiative, schilit hillel works to create a safer and more inclusive campus environment for jewish students. Schilit hillel also offers educational programming focused on israel, covering historical, cultural, and contemporary perspectives to deepen students' understanding and connections to israel. Additionally, schilit hillel organizes immersive travel and experiential learning opportunities in israel for both jewish and non-jewish students. Each year, over 500 students participate in programs such as birthright israel trips, the birthright israel onward summer internship in tel aviv, the fact finders educational experience for non-jewish student leaders, and other israel-based initiatives that promote identity development, leadership skills, and cross-cultural understanding.

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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.9%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 80.1%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.8%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.17; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.66; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.7%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 73.9% of revenue deployed · 80.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $164K · 25 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.