Claremont Hillel

Legal name: Hillel at the Claremont Colleges

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463473130
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Claremont, CA, United States
Phone
(909) 600-6218
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Judaism
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$718,890
Expenses
$508,865
Assets
$885,837
Liabilities
$4,009

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BETHANY SLATER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • Gary Kates (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • BETHANY SLATER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $206,020 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to enrich the lives of Jewish college students at the Claremont Colleges so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. Loving your neighbor as yourself inspires us to work with broader communities, promoting **Tzedakah (צדקה)** —justice and support for those in need. Teshuva (תשובה) Mistakes happen, but we seek accountability and restorative justice, fostering learning and teaching (**Lilmod v’Lilamed, ללמוד וללמד**) in a spirit of care and mutual respect. At Hillel, we believe in creating a vibrant, inclusive space where every individual feels valued and respected. We welcome partnerships and diverse perspectives that align with our mission, fostering dialogue and collaboration while upholding our commitment to human dignity and peace. Standards of Partnership Hillel may welcome, partner with, and aid the efforts of organizations, groups, and speakers from...

What it reported doing in 2024

Held Sabbath dinners and services, seasonal religious activities and meals, and Jewish student community-building events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 55%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 75.1%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 29.2%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.74; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 55.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 80.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 55% of revenue deployed · 75.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $382K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $206K · 15 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.