HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

2700

Street

180 S GARNER ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE (EIN 52-1844823). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

• ENGAGEMENT AND IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES: PENN STATE HILLEL PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT CONNECT JEWISH STUDENTS WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH JEWISH LIFE ON CAMPUS. THROUGH SOCIAL PROGRAMS, LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, WELLNESS INITIATIVES, CULTURAL EVENTS, AND PEER-LED GATHERINGS, STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND EXPLORE THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY IN WAYS THAT FEEL MEANINGFUL AND ACCESSIBLE. STUDENT LEADERS PLAY A CENTRAL ROLE IN SHAPING PROGRAMMING AND FOSTERING AN INCLUSIVE, PLURALISTIC COMMUNITY THAT WELCOMES STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND LEVELS OF JEWISH EXPERIENCE. THESE INITIATIVES HELP CREATE A STRONG SENSE OF BELONGING AND COMMUNITY AMONG JEWISH STUDENTS AT PENN STATE WHILE SUPPORTING THEIR PERSONAL GROWTH, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND CONNECTION TO JEWISH LIFE. IN ADDITION, PENN STATE HILLEL FACILITATES IMMERSIVE EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL EXPERIENCES TO ISRAEL AND OTHER LOCATIONS ABROAD. THROUGH ORGANIZED TRIPS, STUDENTS ENGAGE WITH HISTORICAL SITES, MEET WITH PEERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND PARTICIPATE IN GUIDED DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IDENTITY, CULTURE, AND GLOBAL JEWISH PEOPLEHOOD. THESE EXPERIENCES ARE DESIGNED TO DEEPEN STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF ISRAEL AND JEWISH CULTURE ABROAD AND STRENGTHEN THEIR CONNECTION TO JEWISH HERITAGE AND COMMUNITY. PARTICIPANTS RETURN TO CAMPUS WITH A GREATER SENSE OF DIFFERENT JEWISH COMMUNITIES INCLUDING THOSE IN ISRAEL AND CURACAO AND INCREASED ENGAGEMENT IN JEWISH LIFE, HELPING TO BUILD A MORE VIBRANT AND CONNECTED JEWISH STUDENT COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $171,283

• PENN STATE HILLEL PROVIDES REGULAR SHABBAT AND JEWISH HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS THAT SERVE AS CENTRAL PILLARS OF JEWISH STUDENT LIFE ON CAMPUS. EACH WEEK DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR, STUDENTS COME TOGETHER FOR SHABBAT SERVICES AND DINNERS. THESE EXPERIENCES ARE WELCOMING AND PLURALISTIC, ENABLING STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE JEWISH BACKGROUNDS AND LEVELS OF OBSERVANCE TO PARTICIPATE MEANINGFULLY IN JEWISH RITUAL AND COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION TO WEEKLY SHABBAT PROGRAMMING, PENN STATE HILLEL HOSTS CELEBRATIONS FOR JEWISH HOLIDAYS INCLUDING ROSH HASHANAH, YOM KIPPUR, SUKKOT, HANUKKAH, PASSOVER, AND PURIM. THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO JEWISH TRADITION, LEARNING, AND COMMUNITY, OFTEN INCORPORATING STUDENT-LED SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS, AND FESTIVE MEALS. THROUGH THESE GATHERINGS, PENN STATE HILLEL FOSTERS A VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE JEWISH COMMUNITY, HELPING STUDENTS STRENGTHEN THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, AND DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

  Expenses $51,640

• PENN STATE HILLEL'S JEWISH LEARNING INITIATIVES INCLUDING JEWISH LEARNING FELLOWSHIP, SHABBAT HOSTING LAB, MEN TO MENSCHES, THE ISRAEL LEARNING FELLOWSHIP AND MORE, ARE DESIGNED AS DYNAMIC AND PERSONALIZED LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS. WE PRIORITIZE CREATING A SUITE OF JEWISH LEARNING PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR. THROUGH CLASSES, DISCUSSION GROUPS, GUEST SPEAKERS, AND PEER-LED LEARNING EXPERIENCES, STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF JEWISH TEXTS, ETHICS, HISTORY, AND CULTURE IN WAYS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE AND RELEVANT TO THEIR LIVES. LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TAKE PLACE IN BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL SETTINGS AND ARE DESIGNED TO WELCOME STUDENTS WITH VARYING LEVELS OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND JEWISH EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND. BY CREATING SPACES FOR INQUIRY, DIALOGUE, AND REFLECTION, PENN STATE HILLEL HELPS STUDENTS CONNECT JEWISH LEARNING TO THEIR PERSONAL GROWTH, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BROADER CAMPUS COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $39,227

• TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF JEWISH AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY MAY ENRICH THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND THE WORLD. PENN STATE HILLEL'S STUDENT LEADERS, PROFESSIONALS, AND LAY LEADERS ARE DEDICATED TO CREATING A PLURALISTIC, WELCOMING, AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR JEWISH COLLEGE STUDENTS, WHERE THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO GROW INTELLECTUALLY, SPIRITUALLY, AND SOCIALLY. PENN STATE HILLEL HELPS STUDENTS FIND A BALANCE IN BEING DISTINCTIVELY JEWISH AND UNIVERSALLY HUMAN BY ENCOURAGING THEM TO PURSUE TZDEK (SOCIAL JUSTICE), TIKKUN OLAM (REPAIRING THE WORLD) AND JEWISH LEARNING, AND TO SUPPORT ISRAEL AND GLOBAL JEWISH PEOPLEHOOD. PENN STATE HILLEL IS COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND RESULTS.

  Expenses $775,276 · Revenue $23,530

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,533,692

  Expenses

  $1,718,937

  Contributions

  $1,078,943

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,636,021

  Expenses

  $1,669,445

  Contributions

  $1,140,443

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,406,844

  Expenses

  $1,575,296

  Contributions

  $1,057,179

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,282,836

  Expenses

  $1,174,134

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,521,864

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,419,962

  Expenses

  $974,413

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,541,456

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,166,365

  Expenses

  $1,050,879

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,084,709

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,237,931

  Expenses

  $1,056,482

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,852,128

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $831,209

  Expenses

  $874,520

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,670,679

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,101,129

  Expenses

  $958,665

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,713,990

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $849,467

  Expenses

  $959,449

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,571,526

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,072,748

  Expenses

  $863,436

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,681,508

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $753,894

  Expenses

  $574,650

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,472,196

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $568,308

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,292,952

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE

  $262,500

  2022

• HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE

  $194,242

  2023 · Program Grant

• HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE

  $134,981

  2024 · Program Grant

• JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH

  $77,575

  2024 · TO SUPPORT JEWISH EDUCATION

• JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA

  $70,500

  2022 · ENDOWMENTS & DAF, RESTRICTED, GIFTS, RITA

• JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE

  $51,610

  2024 · OPERATIONS SUPPORT

• JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE

  $49,940

  2023 · OPERATIONS SUPPORT

• JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA

  $48,944

  2023 · ENDOWMENTS, DONOR ADVISED FUNDS (DAFS), RESTRICTED GIFTS, AND STRATEGY AND IMPACT

• JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE

  $48,325

  2022 · OPERATIONS SUPPORT

• JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA

  $46,544

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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