Rita Levine Rabin Hillel at Hunter College
Legal name: Hunter Hillel Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133853221
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- (212) 772-5563
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $787,666
- Expenses
- $1,576,034
- Assets
- $294,640
- Liabilities
- $3,349
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MERAV FINE BRAUN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- MERAV FINE BRAUN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $164,347 total reported compensation
- YAEL KORNFIELD (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR): $97,934 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 give students experience in and exposure to a community of friends and mentors in a Jewish culture that explores life, locates meaning, and develops a sense of purpose. > #### **Your support keeps the candles burning.** > **A gift today** ensures that every Hunter student has access to Jewish community, whether through a traditional Shabbat or a unique, student-driven experience like _Not Shabbat Shabbat_. Support Us. Support Us The Ripple Effect of Jewish Learning Beyond College: A Lifelong Connection to Jewish Life. From foundational learning cohorts to text-based study and peer-led initiatives, we provide a structured pathway for students to engage with Jewish tradition in ways that are meaningful, relevant, and lasting. Through mentorship, immersive learning, and leadership development, we empower students to try new things and create uniquely meaningful Jewish experiences....
What it reported doing in 2024
During the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025, the organization transferred approximately $854,597 of cash to rita levine rabin at hunter college, inc., a related tax-exempt organization, in connection with the restructuring and continuation of hunter hillel's exempt activities through the related entity. This transfer represented a one-time reallocation of operating resources and is included in grants and other assistance to domestic organizations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 67% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 76th 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: -100.1%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.9%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 26.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $164K · 14 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.