Hebrew Seniorlife Solutions Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 934963180
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Roslindale, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6173638000
- Rating
- 63
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Senior Centers
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,592,919
- Expenses
- $2,273,834
- Assets
- $1,632,511
- Liabilities
- $147,359
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ADAM SCOTT (CEO (EFFECTIVE 06/2025))
- LOUIS J WOOLF (PRESIDENT AND CEO (THRU 7/2023, RETURNED 5/2024 TO 6/2025))
- KIMBERLY J BROOKS (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, SENIOR LIVING)
- RACHEL LERNER ESQUIRE (CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CP)
- STEPHANIE SMALL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - FIREMAN/R3)
- STEVEN LANDERS (PRESIDENT AND CEO (7/2023 - 5/2024))
Highest reported compensation
- LOUIS J WOOLF (PRESIDENT AND CEO (THRU 7/2023, RETURNED 5/2024 TO 6/2025)): $1,170,292 total reported compensation
- STEVEN LANDERS (PRESIDENT AND CEO (7/2023 - 5/2024)): $1,092,867 total reported compensation
- KATELYN QUYNN (CHIEF DEV OFF & VP BOARD REL): $733,570 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
In the spirit of the fifth commandment, as illuminated by the traditions of the jewish people, our mission is to honor our elders, by respecting and promoting their independence, spiritual vigor, dignity and choice, and by recognizing that they are a resource to be cherished. As part of our mission, we accept special responsibility for the frailest and neediest members of our community who are most dependent on our care. Everything we do flows from these tenets and is further inspired by the duty of tikkun olam-to heal the world. We seek to fulfill this mission by being part of a complete and integrated spectrum of the highest quality health care and housing facilities and services for seniors, primarily through the provision of physician and related services.
What it reported doing in 2024
The right care, right place, right time initiative - also known as r3 - is an innovative program that integrates wellness teams into senior housing communities. It was created by hebrew seniorlife to support residents in proactively managing their health by effectively linking housing and health care. The goal of r3 is to improve lives, reduce costs, and help seniors stay independent and at home longer.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 61% 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 total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 64
- Accountability: 60
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 49.1%; rating input score 49
- Program expense ratio: 98.2%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 10th 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: 40%; rating input score 40; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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: 50.5%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 41.7%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 50% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 121.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 194.2% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 49.1% of revenue deployed · 98.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $1.2M · 19 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 16 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.