Hadassah

What it reported doing in 2024

Advocacy and zionist education: hadassah provides opportunities to study about judaism, israel, zionism, and jewish history, hebrew, literature, and culture with engagement in a variety of local community programs. As part of health and wellness programs, created for our american hadassah units, hadassah began producing educational materials highlighting diseases which coincided with research happening at hadassah's hospitals in jerusalem and which are the focus of fundraising efforts. Hadassah members advocate for issues of importance to women and the jewish community at the local, state, and national levels from supporting israel to women's health to fighting antisemitism. Our email action network provides public policy updates and timely information about critical national and international issues via bi-monthly email communications. In 2024, 50,000+ people took 103,000+ actions through hadassah's national action center. Nearly 400 hadassah advocates met with representatives from 25 federal legislative offices during the 118th congress. Hadassah led or joined 45+ group letters to advocate for policy changes at the united nations and through the administration, congress, state and local governments, corporations and professional organizations hadassah's strong advocacy efforts were mentioned 47 times in the press in 2024, including in newsweek, the jerusalem post and the forward. Award-winning magazine: hwzoa publishes a bimonthly magazine covering politics, news and culture, joining prize-winning journalism with their readers' diverse interests. For its 2024 coverage, hadassah magazine won 13 awards for excellence in jewish journalism from the american jewish press association. Youth programs: supporting the next generation hwzoa is committed to fostering a connection to jewish life and israel. By providing experiences that last a lifetime for thousands of american children and young adults, through their support of young judaea - at summer camps, israel programs, year-round activities and volunteer experiences - hwzoa is shaping the future leaders of tomorrow and ensuring jewish continuity. Since 1934, over 300,000 young people from 80 lands have graduated from hadassah-supported youth aliyah villages in israel, hadassah neurim and meir shfeyah, where at-risk youth receive the support they need to become productive and happy members of israeli society. The villages provide an entire range of services - food, shelter, education, counseling and love - for young refugees and at-risk israelis. In 2024, the two villages hosted nearly 1,100 residential and external day students, ages 12-18.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 54.4%; rating input score 54
• Program expense ratio: 71.8%; rating input score 72
• Fundraising efficiency: $10.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 31st percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Limited
  • Conducts field audits: Limited
  • May suspend future funding: Limited
  • Requires financial reports: Pass
  • Conducts site visits: Pass
  • Requires grant agreements: Limited
  • May require repayment: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 99.4%; rating input score 99; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • 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: 24.2%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.1; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 22.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings