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← STEVEN K AND WINIFRED A GRINSPOON HILLEL CENTER FOR JEWISH COMMUNITY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by STEVEN K AND WINIFRED A GRINSPOON HILLEL CENTER FOR JEWISH COMMUNITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$29,170,609
Total expenses
$2,490,575
Contributions and grants received
$28,314,459
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$68,409
Investment income
$752,081
Other revenue
$35,660
Total assets, end of year
$33,266,786
Total liabilities, end of year
$142,117
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$33,124,669
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,246,741
Management and general expenses
$484,384
Fundraising expenses
$759,450
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,246,741

Program services were 50.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $28,314,459

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,332,471

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

    total $35,185 · related or exempt $35,185

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STUDENT LIFE ACTIVITIES

    total $33,224 · related or exempt $33,224

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $396,485 · excluded $396,485

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $598,685

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $243,089

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $355,596

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $355,596 · excluded $355,596

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOM

    total $35,660 · related or exempt $35,660

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $35,660

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $69,775 · program services $41,865 · management and general $17,444 · fundraising $10,466

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,007,880 · program services $604,728 · management and general $144,204 · fundraising $258,948

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $26,370 · program services $15,822 · management and general $3,956 · fundraising $6,592

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $153,498 · program services $92,099 · management and general $23,025 · fundraising $38,374

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $69,471 · program services $41,683 · management and general $10,421 · fundraising $17,367

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $55,190 · management and general $11,144 · fundraising $44,046

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,096 · management and general $30,096

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $114,000 · fundraising $114,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $23,983 · management and general $23,983

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $13,177 · program services $9,837 · management and general $3,340

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $19,315 · program services $6,294 · fundraising $13,021

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,287 · program services $3,470 · management and general $2,265 · fundraising $552

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $108,495 · program services $1,094 · management and general $107,401

  • 17 · Travel

    total $216,036 · program services $129,523 · management and general $18,062 · fundraising $68,451

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $23,281 · program services $3,206 · management and general $20,039 · fundraising $36

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $928 · management and general $928

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD

    total $225,046 · program services $167,650 · management and general $3,322 · fundraising $54,074

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $172,724 · program services $63,441 · management and general $21,469 · fundraising $87,814

  • 24c · Other expenses: HONORARIUMS

    total $50,400 · program services $50,400

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $35,853 · program services $4,823 · management and general $1,335 · fundraising $29,695

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $68,770 · program services $10,806 · management and general $41,950 · fundraising $16,014

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $634,301 · end of year $1,992,170

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $25,035

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,841,361 · end of year $20,637,416

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $606,383

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $22,486

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $583,897

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $847,968 · end of year $10,018,268

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $231 · end of year $10,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $553 · end of year $110,031

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $32,086

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $3,824,425

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,323,308 · end of year $29,300,244

Mission and programs · 2023

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.

  • CREATE, DEVELOP, AND SUPPORT APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES SPONSORED BY JEWISH STUDENTS AND FACULTY FOR STRENGTHENING JEWISH LIFE, COMMITMENT. IDENTITY. AND SURVIVAL

    Expenses $1,246,741 · Revenue $104,069

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • ERIC ALDERMAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LEONA BARSKY

    PAST SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ELENA LEFKOWITZ

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SARAH STERNKLAR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARC SCHLUSSEL

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ALEX SAGAN

    CO-VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • S LAWRENCE RUSOFF

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TRACY POROSOFF

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LAUREN LEVINE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BRIAN LEVEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JIN KUPPERMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TAMAR DOLGEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SUZANNE WEIDBERG KLEIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RODNEY GLEIBERMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TAL AKABAS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • WILL BARKOFF

    STUDENT PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MICHAEL BENN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOSHUA BERMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • PROF LARRY BLUME

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DAVID M COHEN

    CHAIR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ADENA CONWAY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JACQUELINE KAUFF

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SCOTT KURTZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JEANIE MILBAUER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LEE SCHAFFLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SIMONE SHTEINGART

    STUDENT VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • REMY ROIZEN WEINSTEIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BONNIE ALTMAN

    CO-VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DINA STEIN PROPP

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LEONARD FELDMAN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANDREW ARI WEISS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $115,109
    From this org
    $52,653
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,456
    Hours/week
    50
  • SUSANNA COHEN

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $117,530
    From this org
    $117,530
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • EMILY BLOCK

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $105,343
    From this org
    $105,343
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS PROVIDED A HOUSING ALLOWANCE

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511329349302036

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