Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

Analysis

Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life is a registered charity in United States, based in Philadelphia, PA. 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, Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life reported income of $154k and spending of $283k, spending 184% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $233k to $154k (-34%), an average of -9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Issaquah History Museums ($154k), St Anthony Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($154k) and Catholic Charities Palm Island Inc ($154k).

At year end it held assets of $7.4m against liabilities of $10k, net assets of $7.4m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.