Stony Brook Hillel
Legal name: Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 116112474
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2022
- Official website data refreshed
- Aug 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2022
- Location
- Stony Brook, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6316326565
- Rating
- 46
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,400
- Expenses
- $2,415
- Assets
- $68,954
- Liabilities
- $40,856
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JESSICA LEMONS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EX OFFICIO)
- ANDREW POLAN (PRESIDENT)
- LEONARD ZUCKERMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JESSICA LEMONS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EX OFFICIO)
- ANDREW POLAN (PRESIDENT)
- LEONARD ZUCKERMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
SUPPORT JEWISH LIFE AT STONY BROOK! Every dollar you give helps create a welcoming home for students to explore their relationship with Judaism, Israel, and each other while at Stony Brook. **SUPPORT JEWISH LIFE TODAY. Stony Brook Hillel is a home for Jewish students to explore their relationship with Judaism, Israel and each other. We strive to create a dynamic space where students feel a sense of community, the desire to explore, the freedom to be authentic and are empowered to lead.
What it reported doing in 2022
Israel - one of the key parts of our mission and vision of the organization is for students to build an enduring commitment to jewish life, learning, and israel. This class includes programs related to hosting events and educational opportunities around israel and one of our key staff members whose sole job is israel engagement and education.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 4
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 79
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 3.3%; rating input score 3
- Program expense ratio: 7.5%; rating input score 7
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 55.3%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 28.55; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.59; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7.3% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 3.3% of revenue deployed · 7.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $180 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 19 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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: Mission deployment rate scored 3/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.