Hillel at Washington University in St. Louis
Legal name: Hillel at Washington University in St Louis
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 436065763
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- St. Louis, MO, USA
- Phone
- (314) 935-9040
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,772,093
- Expenses
- $1,394,377
- Assets
- $2,595,595
- Liabilities
- $527,495
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JACQUELINE ULIN LEVEY (PRESIDENT &)
People named in this filing
- JEFF FISHMAN (MEMBER)
- KAYT KOPEN (SECRETARY)
- AMY KWESKIN (MEMBER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
WashU Hillel is a pluralistic, welcoming community of students and staff committed to helping students “do Jewish” in whatever ways are most meaningful to them, empowering and supporting students on their personal Jewish journeys during college. It helps students through social justice programs, Israel advocacy, religious services, Shabbat dinners, Birthright Israel trips, Jewish learning, social and cultural programs, and by supporting do-it-yourself Jewish experiences (e.g., Shabbat dinners and Passover Seders) with student friend groups, clubs, and sorority/fraternity chapters on campus.
What it reported doing in 2024
Hillel at Washington university in st louis realizes our mission through engaging students with innovative programs and initiatives in social justice, israel, religious life, and a variety of other areas. Hillel provides jewish students of all backgrounds with opportunities to express judaism in the way that is personally meaningful to them and inspires them to make an enduring commitment to jewish life.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 62% 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.1%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 79.9%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 21.3%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.86; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 71.1% of revenue deployed · 79.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.