Hillel Milwaukee FY2024 filing

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To promote and educate the general public regarding the jewish religion and culture and to provide services to jewish college students through various relevant programs

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
67¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$64K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $37K a year · 7% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
67%
of spending
Fine: 67% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$64K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 14.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $251K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$24K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$602K
+33% vs prior year
Spent
$542K
To programs
67%
Net assets
$833K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$602K
FY2024▲ +33%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$482K
FY2022$460K
FY2023$454K
FY2024$602K
FY2025$561K
Expenses
$542K
FY2024▲ +22%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$330K
FY2022$429K
FY2023$443K
FY2024$542K
FY2025$631K
Net assets
$833K
FY2024▲ +8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$731K
FY2022$763K
FY2023$773K
FY2024$833K
FY2025$763K

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1993.

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Where the money goes

67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 67% · $363K Management & general 30% · $162K Fundraising 3% · $18K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

20 people listed on the 990; $64K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Exec Director
$64,350Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Joshua Herman$92,313$64,350———
Deborah Fendrich——$47,318$65,547$57,510

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Educates the public on Jewish culture and religion, and supports Jewish college students.

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1 program · $363K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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To promote and educate the general public regarding the jewish religion and culture and to provide services to jewish college students through various relevant programs

$363Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$602K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$585K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$12K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Money outPt IX
$542K
Ln 25
Programscol B$363K
Managementcol C$162K
Fundraisingcol D$18K
Owns and owesPt X
$833K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$641K
Total assetsLn 16$858K
LiabilitiesLn 26$24K
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$585K
Government grantsLn 1e$27K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$14K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$12K
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Total revenueLn 12$602K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$459K
SavingsLn 2$182K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$641K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K
Other assetsLn 15$43K
Total assetsLn 16$858K
LiabilitiesLn 26$24K
Net assetsLn 32$833K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 623
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$594K$641K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3K$3K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K$5K
Total assetsLn 16$788K$858K
LiabilitiesLn 26$15K$24K
Net assetsLn 32$773K$833K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$120K$23K$85K$12K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$90K$90K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$607$607
Other employee benefitsLn 9$21K$21K
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K$8K$5K$666
Accounting feesLn 11c$12K$12K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$141$141
Advertising and promotionLn 12$897$135$479$283
Office expensesLn 13$5K$1K$4K$237
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$87K$52K$34K$944
TravelLn 17$120K$112K$8K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K$1K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$817$817
InsuranceLn 23$3K$75$3K$75
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$61K$52K$6K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$1K$601
Total functional expensesLn 25$542K$363K$162K$18K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Feb 17, 2026 $561K$631K−$70K$763K 990 PDF
FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 18, 2025 $602K$542K$59K$833K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Feb 14, 2024 $454K$443K$11K$773K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Dec 2, 2022 $460K$429K$31K$763K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 13, 2022 $482K$330K$153K$731K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $601,596 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $437,775$585,438
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $15,273$12,305
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $975$5,750
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0−$1,897
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $454,023$601,596
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $182,364$244,678
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $261,104$297,521
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $443,468$542,199
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $10,555$59,397
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $601,596 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$13,600
VIII-1e Government grants$26,976
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$544,862
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$585,438
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $12,305$12,305
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $5,750$5,750
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$1,897−$1,897
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $12,305 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $3,853$601,596
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $542,199 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $23,407 · Management $84,635 · Fundraising $12,025$120,067
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $89,697$89,697
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $607$607
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $20,727$20,727
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $8,257 · Management $4,657 · Fundraising $666$13,580
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $11,985$11,985
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $141$141
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $135 · Management $479 · Fundraising $283$897
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,319 · Management $3,805 · Fundraising $237$5,361
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $1,746$1,746
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $51,574 · Management $34,224 · Fundraising $944$86,742
IX-17 TravelPrograms $112,055 · Management $7,865$119,920
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,325 · Management $2,635$3,960
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $817$817
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $75 · Management $2,629 · Fundraising $75$2,779
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $52,055 · Management $5,820 · Fundraising $3,428$61,303
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,269 · Management $601$1,870
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $362,643 · Management $161,898 · Fundraising $17,658$542,199
Part X · Balance sheet $857,557 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $416,996$458,814
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $176,549$182,299
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $142,887$155,514
X-4 Accounts receivable$8,200
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,000$1,681
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,726$4,632
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $3,136$3,417
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $43,000$43,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $788,294$857,557
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $14,839$24,424
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $14,839$24,424
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $586,729$654,480
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $186,726$178,653
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $773,455$833,133
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $788,294$857,557
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $833,133 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$601,596
XI-2 Total expenses$542,199
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$59,397
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$773,455
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$281
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$833,133

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