Dietrich Von Hildebrand Legacy Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
593781326
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Steubenville, OH, USA
Phone
7402633002
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religious Printing, Publishing
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$728,968
Expenses
$676,667
Assets
$2,075,629
Liabilities
$69,551

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • John Henry Crosby (Trustee, CEO, and President)
  • Christopher Haley (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • John Henry Crosby (Trustee, CEO, and President): $160,237 total reported compensation
  • Christopher Haley (Vice President): $143,236 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote and develop the thought of Dietrich von Hildebrand, a 20th century Catholic philosopher, as well as the broader tradition of Christian personalism, through channels including publications, seminars, and digital media.

What it reported doing in 2024

Academic: The Hildebrand Project supports the engagement and study of Hildebrand and the tradition of Christian personalism through a range of programs. (1) We held our 14th annual Summer Seminar on the topic The Challenge of Community, with 50+ participants in person, and more than 100 registered virtual participants. (2) We held our annual summer Graduate Residency, welcoming 15 graduate students in Steubenville to hone their philosophical writing with academic mentors. (3) We provided two scholarships for MA philosophy students at Franciscan University of Steubenville. (4) We organized a weekend colloquium on Personalism and Communio Metaphysics at St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry in Rochester, NY. (5) We hosted two advanced invitation-only reading groups of eight sessions each, one on Disenchantment (Spring 2024), and a second on the philosophies of Gabriel Marcel and Dietrich von Hildebrand (Fall 2024).

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.6%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 69.7%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 7.2%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.07; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 44.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.6% of revenue deployed · 69.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 11 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $472K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $160K · 12 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.