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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CLEVELAND HILLEL FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,314,862
Total expenses
$1,252,060
Contributions and grants received
$1,248,581
Grants paid
$3,400
Program service revenue
$5,692
Investment income
$10,695
Other revenue
$49,894
Total assets, end of year
$4,905,308
Total liabilities, end of year
$688,123
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,217,185
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$957,095
Management and general expenses
$245,746
Fundraising expenses
$49,219
Program service expenses (Part III)
$957,095

Program services were 76.4% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $680,722

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $28,991

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $538,868

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME - STUDENT EVENTS

    total $5,692 · related or exempt $5,692 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $19,150 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $19,150

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $48,013 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $48,013 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $48,013 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $48,013

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $1,000

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

    securities $0 · other assets $9,455

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets -$8,455

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$8,455 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$8,455

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $1,881 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,881

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,881

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,400 · program services $3,400

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $253,889 · program services $191,492 · management and general $62,277 · fundraising $120

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $319,935 · program services $239,376 · management and general $80,379 · fundraising $180

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $67,558 · program services $53,092 · management and general $14,466 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $28,083 · program services $22,070 · management and general $6,013 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $38,937 · program services $30,600 · management and general $8,337 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,275 · program services $0 · management and general $17,275 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $41,863 · program services $11,865 · management and general $2,912 · fundraising $27,086

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,324 · program services $3,215 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,109

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,653 · program services $4,623 · management and general $4,250 · fundraising $9,780

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,111 · program services $1,022 · management and general $89 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $86,727 · program services $65,045 · management and general $17,346 · fundraising $4,336

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,298 · program services $2,079 · management and general $126 · fundraising $93

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $22,248 · program services $20,526 · management and general $1,722 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $108,948 · program services $81,711 · management and general $21,790 · fundraising $5,447

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,967 · program services $14,225 · management and general $3,793 · fundraising $949

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD

    total $70,661 · program services $70,661 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $104,643 · program services $104,643 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: ISRAEL FELLOW

    total $35,265 · program services $35,265 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,275 · program services $2,185 · management and general $4,971 · fundraising $119

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $228,047 · end of year $205,743

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $380,630 · end of year $405,873

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $39,337 · end of year $159,293

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $15,795 · end of year $4,439

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $26,896 · end of year $11,892

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

    $4,633,542

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

    $1,178,241

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,505,526 · end of year $3,455,301

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $314,453 · end of year $350,675

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $297,808 · end of year $312,092

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $62,941 · end of year $24,941

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $691,587 · end of year $663,182

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,382,789 · end of year $3,378,224

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $671,175 · end of year $838,961

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CENTER OF JEWISH LIFE FOR UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS WHO ATTEND 11 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN GREATER CLEVELAND. PROVIDES THE MEANS FOR STUDENTS TO CELEBRATE THEIR JUDAISM THROUGH ENRICHING CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS. SERVES AS A "HOME AWAY FROM HOME". ALSO, CONNECTS STUDENTS TO THE COMMUNITY. MAINTAINS A VISIBLE AND POSITIVE JEWISH PRESENCE ON CAMPUS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ENGAGE AND EMPOWER JEWISH YOUNG ADULTS THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAMMING AND EXPERIENCES THAT FOSTER ACTIVE JEWISH LIFE ON AND OFF CAMPUS AND IN THE CLEVELAND JEWISH COMMUNITY.

  • ALLOCATIONS, GRANTS, ETC. FOR CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS PURPOSES. WE SERVE AS A CAMPUS BASED JEWISH STUDENT CENTER AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY AND OBERLIN COLLEGE. WE CULTIVATE JEWISH LIFE ON CAMPUS AND IN THE COMMUNITY IN NE OHIO THROUGH OUR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE PROGRAMMING SERVING 11 AREA CAMPUSES. WE OFFER A PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND JCLE PROGRAMMING FOR YOUNG JEWISH PROFESSIONALS AND GRAD STUDENTS.

    Expenses $957,095 · Grants $3,400 · Revenue $5,692

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Jared Isaacson

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $163,558
    From this org
    $128,728
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,830
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,728
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,436
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,394
    Filer's total
    $163,558

  • Kim Littman

    Business Director

    Total calculated
    $72,794
    From this org
    $69,328
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,466
    Hours/week
    20

  • Jennifer Cohen

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Marc Borstein

    Immediate Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Benjamin Golsky

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Henry

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gerald Appel until May 2025

    Former Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Cindy Chaiten

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elad Granot

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jerold Goldberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debbie Kaufman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Lander

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Leebow

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shelly Lewis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lawrence Mack

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Arkady Polinkovsky

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elisabeth Sherman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Darby Steiger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ari Witkes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Clifford Wolf

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503029349302100

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