Holocaust Museum LA

What it reported doing in 2024

Public visitors: the museum's core exhibit, which is artifact rich and laid out chronologically across eight galleries, placing the events of the holocaust within a historical and socially relevant context that enables public visitors to have a cumulative experience over time. Public visitors are welcomed at the museum 360 days a year. Public visitors: 26,847the museum hosts public programs throughout the year, including talks, concerts, film screenings, staged readings, holocaust survivor talks, and exhibition openings. Public programs seeks to engage audiences in the social relevance of the holocaust, inspire hope, empathy, and understanding, and build community aimed at creating a more humane world. Public programs: 3,036 student tours docent led tours are the cornerstone of the museum's education programs and invite students in grades 4-12 to explore primary sources, encounter and analyze history, and participate in an intergenerational conversation with a holocaust survivor, who shares their compelling testimony with the students and discusses the importance of oral history, resiliency, and treating people with dignity and respect. Most of the volunteer docents are past retirement age, offering continued generational relationships to form and develop. Many participating students attend area title i schools, many of which are assisted in traveling to and from the museum with bus transportation grants to cover expenses such as drivers, bus rentals, and fuel.students served: 90,997schools served: 321transportation grants awarded: 39transportation grant students: 2,949title i schools: 157title i students: 11,045

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 31.3%; rating input score 31
• Program expense ratio: 74.3%; rating input score 74
• Fundraising efficiency: $14.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • 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: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 60%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.27; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 13%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings