Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Cambridge, MA EIN: 04-2620801

Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc at a glance

In short: Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc reported $3K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Grants paid (2025)
$2,876 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
-86.4% vs 2024
Total assets
$25,509,915
+13.5% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$6,808,132
+71.7% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$870,485
+40.7% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$4,440,124
+34.3% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.

Who Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

1 grant across all recorded years

1<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Cities

Washington

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K$80KTotal only2019 Total only2020 Total only2021 1 grant2022 Total only2023 Total only2024 Total only2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $3K (2025) to $61K (2020). In 2025 it reported $3K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Hillel Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Washington, DCIsrael Summit$28,725
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$25,509,915$6,808,132$4,440,124$2,876Total only$870,485
2024$22,473,203$3,964,433$3,305,596$21,174Total only$618,755
2023$21,525,474$3,304,305$3,895,721$10,070Total only$261,210
2022$21,113,520$3,398,659$3,521,488$28,7251$838,601
2021$23,047,286$7,716,349$2,467,787$30,709Total only$509,841
2020$16,320,784$3,002,438$2,842,550$60,652Total only$36,878
2019$15,733,302$3,393,656$3,102,559$11,874Total only$147,560

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc

Based on IRS filings

Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc is a public charity focused on religion, based in Cambridge, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $25.5M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $3K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $870K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc is led by Jason Rubenstein, Executive Director on every filing since 2024; 3 of 35 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jason Rubenstein

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2024

    60 hrs/week

    $173K (2025)

  • Adina Astor

    Chair

    Director → Co-Chair, 2024

    Co-Chair → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Celine Ginsburg

    Director of Development

    New on the 2025 filing

    60 hrs/week

    $107K (2025)

  • Allison Burman Gordon

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Arthur I. Applbaum

    Director

    Chair & Facilty Committee → Chair, Courtyard, Facilities & Personnel, 2020

    Chair, Courtyard, Facilities & Personnel → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Benjamin M. Friedman

    Director

    Chair & Investment Committee → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Geraldine Acua-Sunshine

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • James K. Sebenius

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jonathan Gould

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marc A. Cohen

    Director

    President & Board of Director → Co-Chair, 2021

    Co-Chair → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert H. Mnookin

    Director

    Director → Vice President, 2020

    Vice President → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rosalind E. Gorin

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Teodoro Forcht Dagi

    Director

    Chair & Audit Committee → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Todd C. Sloane

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andrew Lobel

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Borrus

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Laura Fein

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Kaplan

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adam D. Nahari

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sara Fleiss

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff R. Mendelsohn

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lynda Bussgang

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Beth Gelles

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jessi Izhakoff Yellin

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jonathan Engel

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nathan Rosin

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rachel Kay

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Annette Ezekiel

    Former Chief Operating Officer

    Chief Operating Officer → Former Chief Operating Officer, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    60 hrs/week

    $150K (2019) → $146K (2025)

  • Bradley M. Bloom

    Hon. Member

    Director → Hon. Member, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Weinstein

    Board Member

    Director → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Donald Siegel

    Hon. Member

    Director → Hon. Member, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lavea Brachman

    Immediate Past Co-Chair

    Chair & Strategic Planning Committee → Co-Chair, 2021

    Co-Chair → Immediate Past Co-Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Daniel Tabak

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Monica Abrams

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David B. Keidan

    Hon. Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (27)
  • Former: Andy Janfaza (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Eric Nelson (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Jerome N. Weinstein (2019–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Jonah C. Steinberg (2019–2024) — Former Executive Director
  • Former: Joseph Kahan (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Judith A. Berlin (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Laurence Schreiber (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Philip Kriger (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Steven Grinspoon (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Jessica Izhakoff (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: William Danoff (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Andrew Getraer (2023–2024) — Former Managing Director
  • Former: Jacob Miller (2023–2024) — Undergraduate Representative
  • Former: Nathan B. Gershengorn (2024) — Undergraduate Representative
  • Former: Natalie Kahn (2022–2023) — Undergraduate Representative
  • Former: Sabrina Goldfischer (2021–2022) — Undergraduate Representative
  • Former: Rebecca Araten (2020–2021) — Undergraduate Representative
  • Former: Gerald Zuriff (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Henry Rosovsky (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Judith A. Levenfeld (2019–2020) — Chair & Campaign Committee
  • Former: Judith S. Lobel (2019–2020) — Chair, Development, Campaign Steering & Outreach Ta
  • Former: Mark Goldweitz (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Rebecca Thau (2019–2020) — Undergraduate Representative
  • Former: The Late Robert Beal (2020) — Director
  • Former: Corey Gold (2019) — Undergraduate Representative · Filing note: Until jan 2019
  • Former: Robert Beal (2019) — Director
  • Former: Robert Kargman (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Jason Rubenstein — Executive Director: $173KJason RubensteinExecutive Director$173KAnnette Ezekiel — Former Chief Operating Officer: $146KAnnette EzekielFormer Chief Operating Officer$146KCeline Ginsburg — Director of Development: $107KCeline GinsburgDirector of Development$107K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $173K, to Jason Rubenstein (Executive Director). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc

How much does Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc give each year?

Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc reported $3K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it reported $21K in grants paid.

How large is Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc?

Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc reported $25.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $6.8M.

What is Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc?

Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc is a public charity focused on religion, based in Cambridge, MA. It holds $25.5M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc operate?

Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc has awarded grants in District of Columbia.

What is Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc's EIN?

Hillel Foundation of Cambridge Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-2620801. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 17, 2020)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 18, 2021)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 25, 2022)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 12, 2025)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)

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