New York · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF HILLEL AT STONY BROOK INC
FRIENDS OF HILLEL AT STONY BROOK INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $632,940 to it, the largest being UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ($595,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $539k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $633k
- Net assets
- $170k
What Friends of Hillel at Stony Brook Inc does
Mission
Stony brook hillel is a home for jewish students to explore their relationship with judaism, israel and each other. We strive to create a dynamic space where students feel a sense of community, the desire to explore, the freedom to be authentic and are empowered to lead.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
General programs - stony brook hillel provided a number of general programs throughout the year to over 1000 students including weekly bagel brunches, social programs for russian-speaking jewish students, our annual jewish american heritage month celebration, and more.
$57,054 spentof which $3,000 as grants17% of program spendingIsrael - hillel provides opportunities for students to engage meaningfully with israel in a nuanced and safe environment where they can ask questions. Hillel offered a number of classes, cultural events, and holiday programs for students to engage with israel alongside hillel's jewish agency israel fellow.
$79,450 spentof which $1,650 as grants23% of program spendingShabbat - hillel provides bi-weekly dinners for students to celebrate shabbat.
$53,360 spent15% of program spendingOther programs which include staff engagements, peer engagement, jewish university, hanukkah, high holy day, jsa, fresh fest, passover, other holidays, sukkot, tzedek & wellness, interfaith center, jewish learning, jlf, religious life and grad student engagement.
$154,821 spentof which $7,050 as grants45% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $344,685.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $281k to $178k (−37%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 3% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of FRIENDS OF HILLEL AT STONY BROOK INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jessica Lemons
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $500 → $166k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF HILLEL AT STONY BROOK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FRIENDS OF HILLEL AT STONY BROOK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FRIENDS OF HILLEL AT STONY BROOK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 97% · 2023 93% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
98% of FRIENDS OF HILLEL AT STONY BROOK INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF HILLEL AT STONY BROOK INC has grown faster than half of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF HILLEL AT STONY BROOK INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
54% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF HILLEL AT STONY BROOK INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF HILLEL AT STONY BROOK INC?
- FRIENDS OF HILLEL AT STONY BROOK INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $632,940 to it, the largest being UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ($595,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF HILLEL AT STONY BROOK INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $632,940 in grants to FRIENDS OF HILLEL AT STONY BROOK INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF HILLEL AT STONY BROOK INC?
- UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $595,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF HILLEL AT STONY BROOK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing