Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-kill Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
141590637
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Hyde Park, NY, USA
Phone
8452295302
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$176,050
Expenses
$176,091
Assets
$313,857
Liabilities
$1,714

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • SAMANTHA SHAPLEY (MANAGING DIRECTOR): $69,550 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The eleanor roosevelt center inspires and empowers individuals and organizations to use their time, talent, and resources to build a just and sustainable world, close to home and abroad, by providing programs and experiences epitomizing eleanor roosevelt's passion and commitment to human rights, principled leadership, engaged citizenship, and social justice for all.

What it reported doing in 2025

See schedule o: the eleanor roosevelt center is dedicated to breathing new life into the precedents set and the legacies left behind by the first lady of the world, mrs. Eleanor roosevelt.we strive to be eleanor roosevelt's heart, mind and voice in realizing a better world - a world of acceptance, opportunity, dignity and respect for all.the eleanor roosevelt center educates, inspires and empowers participants to use their talent and resources to build a sustainable world which reflects eleanor's passion for human rights, principled leadership and social justice. Accomplishments:2025 ervk launched the 2nd annual bravery in literature awards: the eleanor roosevelt award for bravery in literature honors living authors and books that advance human rights in the face of an alarming rise in book banning and censorship.during her life, eleanor roosevelt fought passionately for literacy, the role of libraries in a demoncracy, and the universal right to intellectual freedom.additionally, the center organizes conversations featuring authors, activists, and thought leaders discussing topics related to censorship, democracy, and human rights.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 30
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32.2%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 31.1%; rating input score 31
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • 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 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.78; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 39.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.4% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32.2% of revenue deployed · 31.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $55K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $70K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.