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THE CENTRAL FLORIDA HILLEL INC

THE CENTRAL FLORIDA HILLEL INC (Florida) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,392,192 to it, the largest being HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE ($2,451,089). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.2M
Funders on record
18
Grants received
$4.4M
Net assets
$9.7M
7/18 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 67%
01What it does

What The Central Florida Hillel Inc does

Mission

The mission of the central florida hillel is to be a catalyst for transformational growth as an individual and a jew.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Holiday/religious programs: in addition to weekly shabbat dinners and services, central florida hillel ensures that jewish college students in central florida have a place to celebrate and participate in religious and holiday programming. This includes passover seders, yom kippur breakfasts, meals in the sukkah and many more.

    $301,008 spent
    30% of program spending
  2. Student outreach and engagement programs: the mission of central florida hillel is to be a catalyst for transformational growth as an individual and as a jew. We achieve our mission by providing various points of entry and opportunities for engagement for all jewish students regardless of affiliation or level of observance.

    $70,458 spent
    7% of program spending
  3. Israel experience programs: israel engagement doesn't stop at birthright, but for many of our students it does start at birthright. By providing our students with birthright as an entry point, on ward israel and masa programs as further opportunities for engagement, central florida hillel ensures that the next generation of jews is not just connected to each other, but also to our historical homeland.

    $635,079 spent
    63% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,006,545.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.5M) Expenses 100 ($1.5M) Net assets 100 ($12M)2018 Revenue 70 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($1.5M) Net assets 96 ($12M)2019 Revenue 71 ($1.1M) Expenses 99 ($1.5M) Net assets 92 ($12M)2020 Revenue 103 ($1.6M) Expenses 96 ($1.4M) Net assets 95 ($12M)2021 Revenue 72 ($1.1M) Expenses 88 ($1.3M) Net assets 92 ($11M)2022 Revenue 47 ($719k) Expenses 102 ($1.5M) Net assets 85 ($11M)2023 Revenue 69 ($1.1M) Expenses 94 ($1.4M) Net assets 83 ($10M)2024 Revenue 94 ($1.5M) Expenses 125 ($1.9M) Net assets 79 ($9.9M)2025 Revenue 80 ($1.2M) Expenses 102 ($1.5M) Net assets 77 ($9.7M)
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Revenue (80)Expenses (102)Net assets (77)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $12M to $11M (−6%).

$13M
$12M
$12M
$12M
$12M
$11M
$11M
$10M
$10M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$25k
’17
−$428k
’18
−$405k
’19
$133k
’20
−$223k
’21
−$830k
’22
−$349k
’23
−$440k
’24
−$313k
’25
1.4
months of
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

Jordan Gerson

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.

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Listed171514121616161313
Joined·+6+0+3+4+6+1+4+5
No longer listed·81506175
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $637k → $719k.

6 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 THE CENTRAL FLORIDA HILLEL 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

THE CENTRAL FLORIDA HILLEL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

74% 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 THE CENTRAL FLORIDA HILLEL INC.

56%
largest funder
85%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 74% · 2019 48% · 2020 57% · 2021 56% · 2022 48% · 2023 44% — 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

50% of THE CENTRAL FLORIDA HILLEL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

THE CENTRAL FLORIDA HILLEL INC draws 75% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 7 states in all.

IL
NY
NV
PA
VA
DC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $502k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like THE CENTRAL FLORIDA HILLEL INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

65% of spending goes to programs.

Program 65%Management 17%Fundraising 18%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

81%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

FL

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE CENTRAL FLORIDA HILLEL INC?
THE CENTRAL FLORIDA HILLEL INC (Florida) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,392,192 to it, the largest being HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE ($2,451,089). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE CENTRAL FLORIDA HILLEL INC have?
IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $4,392,192 in grants to THE CENTRAL FLORIDA HILLEL INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE CENTRAL FLORIDA HILLEL INC?
HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE is the largest funder on record, with $2,451,089 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CENTRAL FLORIDA HILLEL INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 18 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