Dwight D Eisenhower Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237321872
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Gettysburg, PA, USA
Phone
7173982349
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies & Historic Preservation
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$238,102
Expenses
$135,220
Assets
$1,201,848
Liabilities
$130

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

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JACQUELINE WHITE (President Emeri)
  • COL JOHN M BURT (President)
  • RUTHMARY MCILHENNY (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • CAROL HEGEMAN (Executive Dir.): $35,158 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 knowledge and understanding of the accomplishments of the 34th president of the united states and general of the army; the code by which he lived; and the signal qualities that made him in his time the world's most trusted figure. To establish at gettysburg college, of which he was a trustee and on whose campus he maintained his gettysburg office, an endowment for the dignified and scholarly annual observance of his birthday by examination and presentation of the many facets of his career as a dedicated citizen, churchman, educator, military leader, statesman and world figure; to publish and distribute the annual program in recorded form to secondary schools and colleges, and libraries, as permanent reference material.to work toward the establishment of an eisenhower chair of other educational activities at gettysburg college.

What it reported doing in 2024

To promote knowledge and understanding of the accomplishments of the 34th president of the united states and general of the army; the code by which he lived; and the signal qualities that made him in his time the world's most trusted figure.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 64% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.9%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 68%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 87.3%; rating input score 87; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 43.2%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.89; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.9% of revenue deployed · 68% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 30 of 30 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $92K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $35K · 30 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.