Holocaust Learning Experience
Legal name: Next Generations of Holocaust Survivors Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 263902517
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021
- Location
- West Palm Beach, FL, United States
- Phone
- (561) 220-6648
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,346,586
- Expenses
- $2,194,288
- Assets
- $1,352,964
- Liabilities
- $2,045,908
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KEITH MYERS (CEO, PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- PAOLA POUPONNEAU-NISBETT (SR. VP OF COMMUNITY): $352,669 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 educate and transform generations to combat hate, bigotry, prejudice, and antisemitism—delivering lessons from the Holocaust to fulfill the moral imperative to Never Forget. Established as a nonprofit to enlighten, cultivate and embolden generations of Upstanders to work individually and collectively to help eradicate bigotry and hate. Mission The mission of the Holocaust Learning Experience (HLE) is to educate and transform generations to combat hate, bigotry, prejudice and antisemitism. We are dedicated to delivering lessons from the Holocaust to fulfill the moral imperative to Never Forget. Vision Established as a nonprofit to enlighten, cultivate and embolden generations of Upstanders to work individually and collectively to help eradicate bigotry and hate. Mission.
What it reported doing in 2024
An organization of children and grandchildren of holocaust survivors and all those who are committed to educating future generations by preserving the memories of the past, carrying forward the message into the future, and keeping the voices alive. We are committed to honoring our parents' legacy and those who were killed in the holocaust. We will not allow the world to deny or forget the holocaust. Our goal is to educate and raise awareness of what happened during the holocaust and its aftermath. We seek to inspire our children and other young children and other young people through the lessons of courage and survival that our parents directly experienced. Our programs enable us to serve as a resource for the community. They embody messages of compassion and understanding and encourage individuals to stand up against hatred, evil, and indifference. We pledge to keep the stories and memories alive from generation to generation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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
SUPPORTED - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 89
- Sustainability: 17
- 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: Limited
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: 90.5%; rating input score 90; 23rd 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: -63%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.51; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.2%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 48.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd 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: 100% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 19 of 21 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $353K · 22 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 10 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.