New York · Nonprofit
HUNTER HILLEL FOUNDATION
HUNTER HILLEL FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,168,285 to it, the largest being UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ($1,751,460). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $788k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $291k
What Hunter Hillel Foundation does
Mission
To give students experience in and exposure to a community of friends and mentors in a jewish culture that explores life, locates meaning, and develops a sense of purpose.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Shabbaton program: our flagship initiative brings the entire student community together for an immersive overnight shabbat experience, held either in new york city or at an off-campus retreat center. For students who largely live at home, this program offers a rare and transformative opportunity to disconnect, bond with peers, and experience shabbat in a sustained and meaningful way.
$90,673 spent7% of program spendingDuring the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025, the organization transferred approximately $854,597 of cash to rita levine rabin at hunter college, inc., a related tax-exempt organization, in connection with the restructuring and continuation of hunter hillel's exempt activities through the related entity. This transfer represented a one-time reallocation of operating resources and is included in grants and other assistance to domestic organizations.
$854,597 spentof which $854,597 as grants66% of program spendingInterfaith israel trip: this immersive educational journey brings jewish and non-jewish hunter students together to engage directly with the complexity of the israeli-palestinian conflict. The program fosters cross-cultural dialogue, critical thinking, and meaningful relationships extending the impact of jewish life at hunter well beyond the campus itself.
$135,711 spent10% of program spendingOther programs on campus israel events, engagement programs, student leadership programs, career programs, scholarships, supporting student groups and combating food insecurity.
$154,810 spent12% of program spendingNot-shabbat / holiday programming: this series of experiences rounds out the jewish calendar year, offering students rich communal celebrations around holidays including the high holy days, chanukah, purim, and passover. Through these programs, students build jewish literacy, deepen their connection to tradition, and develop a lasting sense of belonging within the hillel community.
$57,394 spent4% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,293,185.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $1.3M to $295k (−78%).
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: 2021 8% · 2022 7% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Merav Fine Braun
Executive director
Board chair
Samuel Vichness
Board chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $499k → $735k.
6 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 HUNTER HILLEL FOUNDATION’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
HUNTER HILLEL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
77% 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 HUNTER HILLEL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 63% · 2019 53% · 2020 25% · 2021 38% · 2022 28% · 2023 25% — 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.
How long its funders stay
54% of HUNTER HILLEL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
64% of HUNTER HILLEL FOUNDATION'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. $364k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Organizations like HUNTER HILLEL FOUNDATION
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Rita Levine Rabin at Hunter College Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HUNTER HILLEL FOUNDATION?
- HUNTER HILLEL FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,168,285 to it, the largest being UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ($1,751,460). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HUNTER HILLEL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $5,168,285 in grants to HUNTER HILLEL FOUNDATION, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HUNTER HILLEL FOUNDATION?
- UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,751,460 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HUNTER HILLEL FOUNDATION 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 20 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