American Czechoslovak Landmarks Trust Society

What it reported doing in 2025

CHILDRENs TRAVELING EDUCATIONAL MEDIEVAL FAIRE PROGRAM (CTEMF) DESCRIPTION & PURPOSE: An All-Family educational experience through total immersion into 14th Century Central European history through the method of a traveling show. Ticket purchasers will enter the show and walk into KARLSTEJN CASTLE, built in 1375 as the Treasury of the Holy Roman Empire and seat of the Holy Roman Emperor, KAREL IV, King of the Czechs. His daughter, Princess Anne of Bohemia, age 16, married Richard II, age 15, King of England, in 1382. Historic figures will appear, entertain, and educate, both as live actors, and marionette puppets. Merlin, the magician, accompanies Owain Glendyr, last Prince of Wales and good friend of King Richard II, as he escorts Queen Anne on her visit home to Karelstejn Castle near Prague. The Welsh dragon Cymru (a marionette puppet) hovers protectively over Owain Glendyr, and meets up with a cousin, Becky the Dragon of Bechov Castle in Slovakia (also a puppet). Robinhood of England walks with his cousin Janosik, known as the Robinhood of Slovakia, as they right all the wrongs of the world! A light show conjoured up through the magic of Merlin allows the audience to fly over beautiful central European landscapes, hover over ancient castles, and float down the river Vltava as the world famous music "Vltava" by Antonin Dvorak is introduced to another generation of future musicians, artists, historians, and dreamers. ACTIVITIES: In 2025 we continued laying the foundations for the future productions. The traveling tent show encompasses several avenues for cultural education. We are continuing to build on our catalogue of needs, contacts and resources. The venue will be multi-faceted, including marionette theatre, light show, volunteer actors from local colleges, children's and disabled children's participation. With a member on our Board of Directors which is one of Europe's oldest and largest marionette theatre's (Divadlo Alfa of Plzn, Jakub Hora, Executive Director) we utilize our bi-annual meeting in Europe to build upon this great resource. 2025 marked further contacts and resources for this future program. Program expenses of line PART III, 4e DO NOT EQUAL net expenses of PART IX B 25 because no expenses came from PROGRAMS at this early stage of development, but from other operational expenses, such as Information Technology and Office expenses that are not 'Program Expenses'.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.6; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -81.6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -55.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings