Texas Hillel
Legal name: Texas Hillel Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521758802
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2023
- Location
- Austin, TX, United States
- Phone
- 5124760125
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,799,168
- Expenses
- $2,181,901
- Assets
- $2,576,223
- Liabilities
- $434,072
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
31 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DIA EPSTEIN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MICHAEL ABKOWITZ (IMMEDIATE PA)
- KEVIN ALTER (SECRETARY)
- LINDA BURGER (BOARD MEMBER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Texas Hillel foundation seeks to enrich the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. Texas Hillel staff lead **two Birthright Israel trips each year** , offering students the opportunity to experience Israel firsthand, build lasting relationships, and deepen their personal connection to the Jewish people and the land of Israel. In addition, Texas Hillel supports students in participating in **Birthright Israel Onward** internship programs, providing meaningful professional experiences in Israel while building global networks and career skills. Finally, Texas Hillel provides campus leaders from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to experience Israel through its annual **Perspectives Campus Leadership Trip** , made possible by Maccabee Task Force. For more information about B.
What it reported doing in 2024
Israel education/Texas mishelanu is one of our strongest and most active micro-communities. Its leadership and participants partner with other student organizations and campus leaders to create allies for the american-israel relationship. Our jewish agency for israel fellow leads educational programs and works with staff and student leaders on taglit- birthright israel rwcruitment and follow-through, staffs the trip, engages students one-on-one and prepares them to participate in thoughtful discussions in support of israel and study current events through a jewish lens. These help to normalize people's understanding of judaism and israel by relating these topics to students' existing interest, building strategic partnerships with other campus groups and serving as the pro- israel voice at ut-austin. A highlight of the year is our annual israel block party, the largest campus-based pro-israel gathering in the region, which attracts thousands of students and members of the community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 73% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.1%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 61.1%; rating input score 61
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: -21.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 74.1% of revenue deployed · 61.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 31 of 31 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 31 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.