Hillels of Illinois Endowment Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 364310755
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 3123466700
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,582,552
- Expenses
- $350,696
- Assets
- $10,512,246
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ILA LEWIS (VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
- PETER BARACK (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- DAVID S ROSEN (ASSISTANT SECRETARY): $558,732 total reported compensation
- JAMES A PINKSTON (ASSISTANT TREASURER): $365,058 total reported compensation
- PETER CHISWICK (ASSISTANT TREASURER): $283,198 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The foundation was established exclusively for the benefit of and to carry out the purposes of the jewish federation of metropolitan chicago, a not-for-profit organization.
What it reported doing in 2024
Distributions are made for the benefit of the jewish federation of metropolitan chicago's hillel program which supports a vast array of jewish activities for students at colleges, universities and professional schools in Illinois. The hillel program provides opportunities for jewish students to explore and celebrate their jewish identity at 16 different college campuses in Illinois, as well as through hillel regional programs. Hillel adds value - and jewish values - to the lives of jewish college students and the entire campus community. Hillel seeks to create a pluralistic, welcoming and inclusive environment for jewish college students: an environment where students are encouraged to grow intellectually, spiritually and socially.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 48
- Transparency & Controls: 72
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 86
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 23.1%; rating input score 23
- Program expense ratio: 78.1%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $79.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 86.4%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 29.98; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 64.6%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 23.1% of revenue deployed · 78.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $274K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $559K · 9 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 40 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 23/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.