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HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE

EIN 48-6121370 LAWRENCE, KS

Revenue 2024
$521,367
Expenses 2024
$533,625

Program services were 63.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2700
Street
1121 INDIANA 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

Mission

KU Hillel's mission is to connect Jewish students to each other and to their Judaism, to inspire and equip the next generation of Jewish leaders, and to build a thriving Jewish community on campus.

  • KU Hillel connects Jewish students to each other and to their Judaism, inspires and equips the next generation of Jewish leaders and builds a thriving Jewish community on campus. We are developing Jewish adults delivering the Jewish future. The University of Kansas has emerged as a destination school for Jewish students from all around the country. Our strong Jewish community provides numerous opportunities to connect to Jewish life both on and off campus. At the heart of it all is KU Hillel, widely regarded as one of the most innovative and impactful Hillels in the entire country. Jewish leadership is a cornerstone of the KU Hillel mission. Our goal is to equip the next generation with the skills they need to take on leadership roles in their communities after they graduate from college. KU Hillel has a robust leadership curriculum that provides students with opportunities to explore their Jewish identities while strengthening their leadership abilities. Our programs include - provision of therapeutic services in partnership with JFSKC, Shabbat and Jewish holiday services, social, volunteer, and educational programming. Our programs include: provision of therapeutic services in partnership with JFSKC; Shabbat & Jewish Holiday services; social, volunteer, leadership development, and educational programming.

    Expenses $337,950 · Revenue $4,640

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Ethan Helfand

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $63,335
    From this org
    $54,709
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,626
    Hours/week
    40 + 40 related
  • Scott Sher

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Alicia Klein

    VP Budget & Finance

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Kavanaugh

    VP Financial Resource Development

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shannon Maker

    Vice President and Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brad Smuckler

    VP Community Engagement

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lon Lowenstein

    Immediate Past Chair & Chair of Nominating Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fred Kahn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Megan Pener

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kara Kahn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debbie Kricsfeld

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Schuster

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carly Stein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Gerson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tamara Lawson Schuster

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Glaser

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $521,367
    Expenses
    $533,625
    Contributions
    $516,487
    Grants paid
    $8,125
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $388,734
    Expenses
    $504,785
    Contributions
    $402,886
    Grants paid
    $4,762
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $653,132
    Expenses
    $637,059
    Contributions
    $645,494
    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
    $562,191
    Expenses
    $621,867
    Assets (EOY)
    $659,489
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $565,371
    Expenses
    $670,764
    Assets (EOY)
    $756,183
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $785,232
    Expenses
    $847,956
    Assets (EOY)
    $797,769
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $822,227
    Expenses
    $882,721
    Assets (EOY)
    $781,257
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $816,181
    Expenses
    $708,926
    Assets (EOY)
    $862,062
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $653,919
    Expenses
    $710,481
    Assets (EOY)
    $752,502
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $704,969
    Expenses
    $657,014
    Assets (EOY)
    $779,288
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $538,988
    Expenses
    $624,586
    Assets (EOY)
    $754,393
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $809,952
    Expenses
    $639,494
    Assets (EOY)
    $880,700
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $579,845
    Assets (EOY)
    $884,902

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

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.