JILLI | Jewish Institute for Lifelong Learning & Innovation

Legal name: Jewish Institute for Lifetime Learning and Innovation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852038702
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Arlington, VA, United States
Phone
7037460665
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$138,496
Expenses
$82,555
Assets
$206,553
Liabilities
$6,303

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RABBI LIA BASS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JONATHAN ARDEN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RABBI LIA BASS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • HAROLD DORFMAN (SECRETARY)
  • JONATHAN GOLNER (TREASURER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

JILLI | Jewish Institute for Lifelong Learning & Innovation, headquartered in the metro DC area, provides tailored educational opportunities to help people of all ages and faiths explore the richness of Jewish living and learning. JILLI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Privacy Policy | Report technical issues to the Website Administrator facebook. Vision & Mission Vision** | Enabling you to experience Jewish life fully in our world. Mission** | JILLI is dedicated to enriching people’s lives through lifelong learning and experiences, using tailored educational pathways to explore all aspects of Jewish living in our world.

What it reported doing in 2024

Education regarding judaism and commemorating life cycle events

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.6%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 40.4%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.5; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 72.7%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 26.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 59.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $83K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.