Indian Hill Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311813923
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Phone
- 5132725932
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $551,088
- Expenses
- $1,074,232
- Assets
- $3,256,055
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOSH KOMMER (PRESIDENT)
- LAUREN CRANDALL (VICE PRESIDENT)
- MEREDITH DUCEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- MEREDITH DUCEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $85,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The indian hill foundation's mission is to innovate, accelerate and enrich the learning and engagement in our classrooms and beyond and strengthen the connections between the district and the community. The foundation achieves its purpose by building philanthropic resources in partnership with alumni, parents, students and the community.
What it reported doing in 2024
The indian hill foundation accepted a $2 million pledge to be paid over 10 years to remodel the theater and performing arts complex, benefiting the students of the indian hill public school district. Complex includes plaza, donor wall and expansive stairway and is now the main gathering space for indian hill (ih) school district outdoor events.alumni and community relations - publications keep our community informed and connected, including an annual mailing to all alumni. Events include a community 5k for wellness, alumni reunion guidance, and alumni receptions. Braves helping braves assists ih school community members with short term immediate needs when a crisis is experienced. As a public school district, the school community members are key partners in the school's success.accelerating innovation -grants and restricted gifts for curricular and extra-curricular innovation. Stem support for the hs digital arts lab, e-sports and robotics, es ilab.other various programs include career programming, experienceships launched and scholarship funds.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 68% for direct work, and 32% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 94.5%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: $19.16 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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: 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: -94.9%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.03; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.9%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $85K · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.