Holocaust Remembrance Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 833600582
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- Kingwood, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8885468111
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $308,018
- Expenses
- $185,168
- Assets
- $1,373,658
- Liabilities
- $12,059
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROZALIE JEROME (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ROZALIE JEROME (PRESIDENT)
- RACHEL TOWNS (SECRETARY)
- BRENT CHURCHILL (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The primary purpose of the holocaust remembrance association is to educate the public about the realities of the holocaust and to educate the public about the dangers of modern anti-semitism.
What it reported doing in 2024
Major educational initiatives holocaust garden of hope expansion: continued expansion of the interactive outdoor exhibit in kingwood, tx, including the installation of new sculpture pieces and completion of exhibit 3 focused on kristallnacht. Why remember the holocaust? Booklet project: designed a 40-page educational booklet with survivor stories and inspirational quotes to distribute at schools, events, and museums. Upstander stone project: launched the first full year of school and college engagement encouraging students to become upstanders, with custom-inscribed stones and curriculum materials. Texas historical commission grant: received a grant to digitize the holocaust garden of hope and make it accessible internationally as a virtual museum experience. Community engagement & public events march of remembrance events (aprilmay 2024): held public memorial marches in multiple Texas cities including kingwood and dallas. Shabbat at the gate (monthly): monthly public gatherings at the holocaust garden of hope featuring israeli dancing, torah reflections, and stories of spiritual resistance. Feast of tabernacles & hanukkah events (fallwinter 2024): public celebrations incorporating jewish history, holocaust remembrance, and community education. Media coverage & public recognition featured in the houston chronicle, jewish herald-voice, and local abc/nbc affiliates. Honored by the Texas holocaust, genocide, and antisemitism advisory commission. Participated in international programming through march of life. Educational partnerships partnered with Texas a&m, lone star college, hcu, ust, smu for scholarships and holocaust education. Presented at educational conferences to expand garden curriculum and virtual exhibit use. Commissioned docents and trained volunteers to provide guided educational tours. International & interfaith outreach sent hra delegates to march of the nations in israel for reconciliation and remembrance. The march of life conference was a huge success. Collaborated with messianic jewish and christian organizations for education and healing. Infrastructure & capacity growth hired new staff and trained volunteers to support events and tours. Advanced 'the garden beyond the gate' traveling exhibit project.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 58%; rating input score 58
- Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: $19.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 26th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 39.9%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.42; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 29.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 41.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 58% of revenue deployed · 91.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $170K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G fundraiser detail did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.