Steven K and Winifred a Grinspoon Hillel Center for Jewish Community

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873956853
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Ithaca, NY, USA
Phone
6075928754
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,119,698
Expenses
$2,025,513
Assets
$36,427,779
Liabilities
$174,476

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

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MAYA WEISBERG (STUDENT PRESIDENT)
  • NOAH BODNER (STUDENT VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW ARI WEISS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANDREW ARI WEISS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $255,131 total reported compensation
  • SUSANNA COHEN (EMPLOYEE): $145,343 total reported compensation
  • EMILY BLOCK (EMPLOYEE): $140,456 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

I) represent the jewish community at cornell university in meeting the religious, cultural, recreational, and social needs of students and faculty; (ii) help create, develop, and support appropriate activities sponsored by jewish students and faculty for strengthening jewish life, commitment. Identity. And survival; and (iii) maintain and improve channels of communication between jewish students and faculty at cornell university and the organized jewish community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Create, develop, and support appropriate activities sponsored by jewish students and faculty for strengthening jewish life, commitment. Identity. And survival

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% 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

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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 43
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 23%; rating input score 23
  • Program expense ratio: 71.2%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.73 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 75.1%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 17.98; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 80.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 59.4% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 23% of revenue deployed · 71.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 26 of 26 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $255K · 31 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.