Berkeley Hillel

Analysis

Berkeley Hillel is a registered charity in United States, based in Berkeley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1993, 33 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Berkeley Hillel reported income of $2.9m and spending of $2.7m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.5m to $2.9m (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 366%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Berkeley Hillel sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute ($2.9m), Western North Carolina AIDS Project Inc ($2.9m) and Volunteers of America Inc ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $327k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $752k. At year end it held assets of $33.0m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $32.0m. It reported 46 employees.