Holocaust Resource Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
SEE SCHEDULE O THE HOLOCAUST RESOURCE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE HOLOCAUST RESOURCE CENTER WHOSE MISSION IS TO FOSTER AND REINFORCE AWARENESS ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST AMONG STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TO APPLY THE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM IT TO OUR LIVES TODAY. THE CENTER PROMOTES MESSAGES OF RESPECT, UNDERSTANDING AND EMPOWERMENT AND FULFILLS THEIR EDUCATIONAL MANDATE THROUGH TEACHER TRAINING, COLLECTIONS AND COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS.
- Income
- $174,562
- Spending
- $174,180
- Spent on programs
- 100%
- Reserves
- 41 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 93%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 2
Source: Form 990 for the year ending July 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 92 out of 100. Higher than 80% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 41.0 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 0% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 6% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 15100% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending July 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Weak: 40 out of 100. Higher than 17% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).
Independent board
0 of 252 of 2 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15Reports no written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending July 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $173,900 spent. SEE SCHEDULE O OVER THE LAST FOUR DECADES, THE HRF'S SUCCESS IN SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAINING PROGRAMS HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS A REGIONAL LEADER IN PROMOTING AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST. ALSO, THE CENTER HOST PRE-SERVICE TEACHER, EDUCATOR, AND BI-LINGUAL CONFERENCES THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR.1. DIVERSITY COUNCIL ON GLOBAL EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP AT KEAN UNIVERSITY:SUPPORTING THE HOLOCAUST RESOURCE FOUNDATION AND THE HOLOCAUST RESOURCE CENTER IN ACHIEVING ITS GOAL OF GLOBAL EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT IS THE DIVERSITY COUNCIL ON GLOBAL EDUCATION AND CITIZENSHIP OF KEAN UNIVERSITY.FOUNDED IN 1990, THE COUNCIL PROVIDES MORE THAN 130 MEMBER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES THAT EMPOWER EDUCATORS TO CREATE SAFE, INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS BY PROVIDING COMMON CORE-ALIGNED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.THE COUNCIL FOSTERS THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF ACTIVE AND COMPASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS IN ORDER TO REDUCE INTOLERANCE, HARASSMENT/INTIMIDATION, AND TO PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.THE COUNCIL HOSTS ANNUAL ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL CONFERENCES, AS WELL AS LEADERSHIP SEMINARS. THESE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS EXPLORE DIVERSITY-RELATED THEMES INCLUDING BULLYING, HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE EDUCATION, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND CONFRONTING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.2. ANNUAL SCHOLAR LECTURE & COMMEMORATIVE PROGRAMS:EACH YEAR, THE HOLOCAUST RESOURCE FOUNDATION AND THE HOLOCAUST RESOURCE CENTER DELIVERS TWO HALLMARK EVENTS THE MURRAY PANTIRER SCHOLARS' LECTURE AND YOM HASHOAH MEMORIAL SERVICE AS WELL AS COMMEMORATIVE PROGRAMS FOR INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY AND KRISTALLNACHT/NOVEMBER POGROM, AND HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE AWARENESS MONTH (APRIL). THE HRC ALSO HOSTS VARIOUS PROGRAMS WITH KEAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGES AND DEPARTMENTS; COMMUNITIES WITH A HISTORY OF GENOCIDE, INCLUDING RWANDESE AND ARMENIAN SPEAKERS; AND ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS, AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM, ECHOES & REFLECTIONS, YAHAD-IN UNUM, THE HOLOCAUST COUNCIL OF JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ, FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES, AND MORE. WE ALSO PARTNER WITH RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.3. JOSIAH E. DUBOIS JR. COLLECTION:THE HOLOCAUST RESOURCE CENTER OF KEAN UNIVERSITY WAS HONORED TO RECEIVE THE JOSIAH E. DUBOIS JR. COLLECTION RECENTLY. DUBOIS, ORIGINALLY OF CAMDEN, NJ, SERVED AS THE GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE WAR REFUGEE BOARD, THE AGENCY CREATED BY PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT IN 1944 TO RESCUE AND PROVIDE RELIEF FOR JEWS AND PERSECUTED MINORITIES DURING THE HOLOCAUST. DUBOIS LATER SERVED AS THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR AT THE I.G. FARBEN TRIAL, ONE OF THE NUREMBERG WAR CRIMES TRIALS IN POSTWAR GERMANY. HIS PAPERS, WHICH INCLUDE ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DRAFTS AND NOTES RELATED TO THE CREATION OF THE WAR REFUGEE BOARD, DEBATES RELATED TO ALLIED TREATMENT OF POSTWAR GERMANY, TRANSCRIPTS OF NUREMBERG PROCEEDINGS, AND DRAFTS OF DUBOIS'S MEMOIR, WILL BE AN IMPORTANT SOURCE FOR SCHOLARS OF THE HOLOCAUST AND THE NUREMBERG TRIALS.4. ORAL HISTORY PROJECT:IN 1982, THE HOLOCAUST RESOURCE CENTER LAUNCHED AN ORAL HISTORY PROJECT TO GATHER AND PRESERVE FIRST-PERSON EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS, RESULTING IN A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 200 ORIGINAL ORAL HISTORIES FROM LOCAL HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, RESCUERS, AND LIBERATORS.THE TESTIMONIES PROVIDE HISTORICAL CONTEXT ABOUT JEWISH LIFE IN PREWAR EUROPE, THE EVENTS OF THE HOLOCAUST, AND REBUILDING COMMUNITY AFTER GENOCIDE. BY CRITICALLY ENGAGING WITH THESE NARRATIVES, THEY HELP US BUILD IMPERATIVE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE ANTISEMITISM AND PERSECUTION EXPERIENCED BY EUROPE'S JEWS, AND RECENT INCIDENTS OF INJUSTICE, DISPLACEMENT, AND GENOCIDE IN THE 21ST CENTURY.TODAY, THESE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON, D.C., HEBREW UNIVERSITY IN JERUSALEM, AND YALE UNIVERSITY IN NEW HAVEN, CT. A NUMBER OF THE ORAL HISTORIES ARE FEATURED IN THE KEAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY'S DIGITAL REPOSITORY; ALL ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AT THE HRC.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending July 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending July 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 1985.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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