Hill Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 921676413
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Bethlehem, PA, USA
- Phone
- 6095099021
- Rating
- 57
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $308,492
- Expenses
- $286,400
- Assets
- $43,781
- Liabilities
- $21,689
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ENES POLAT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- SAID SELMANDER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- ENES POLAT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $23,784 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To empower youth by building strong moral values, social capital, academic success, and leadership capabilities.To foster a culture of living in harmony and peace, and appreciation of diversity through volunteering experiences, mentoring, and educational programs.
What it reported doing in 2024
Academic Counseling program for high school students and personalized support in college planning, essay writing, and SAT prep. Programs supporting students academic, personal, and spiritual growth through dedicated weekly sessions, role model development, and immersive youth camps. Uniting college students to collaborate, develop leadership skills, and address global humanitarian challenges through workshops and discussions.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 74% 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 31
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 64.6%; rating input score 65
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: Limited
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.2%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.5; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.3%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 60% of revenue deployed · 64.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $185K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $24K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.