John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated

What it reported doing in 2025

Education, hemingway and museum support(see more detail in schedule o)education highlightsguided museum visits - in 2025, museum educators led nearly 125 field trips for elementary, middle, and high school students. In total, over 4,600 students and 600 chaperones were guided through the exhibits and introduced to key history and civics topics related to president kennedy's life and times. Free admission was provided by the library for all school groups, and transportation was provided by the foundation at no cost for 1,000 students in the boston public schools and other districts. The federal budget program engaged nearly 225 high school students in and around the boston area, and the annual student leadership conference offered 53 students and 14 chaperones a full day of hands-on learning, discussion, and personal reflection related to leadership. The library's volunteer docents led nearly 350 tours for over 3,500 visitors, helping to bring to life the library's exhibits and collections.youth and family programs - over 2,500 people visited the john f. Kennedy presidential library and museum through the 2025 celebrate! And presidents' day festival programs. The celebrate! Series held eight performances in honor of asian american and pacific islander heritage month, juneteenth, martin luther king jr. Day, black history month, st. Patrick's day, and disability awareness month, among others, offering a marionette show, live music and dance, and performative storytelling. The annual presidents' day festival brought presidential history to life for visitors of all ages, with presidential reenactors, jfk-related crafts, musical performances, and games for all ages. In august, the library offered a "presidential pets party," welcoming approximately 650 visitors to explore the exhibit and participate in make-and-take activity stations.teacher programs and resources - to increase accessibility to the museum's content and collections, the education guides and on-site curriculum materials were translated into spanish and other handouts were updated for improved use in facilitated field trips. A new frontiers newsletter for educators was mailed to 14,318 recipients in january 2025, and bimonthly digital newsletters were distributed throughout the year to over 394,000 subscribers. Each issue contained a range of content, including new learning opportunities for all visitors, highlighted curricular resources or materials, and object spotlights.kennedy-breyer civic scholars - in july 2025, the first session of the kennedy-breyer civic scholars summer program was launched in partnership with the edward m. Kennedy institute and justice stephen g. Breyer community learning center on courts and the constitution. Twenty-seven high school students attended a week-long seminar exploring the three branches of government and how they work together to shape our democratic process. Profile in courage essay contest - in 2025, the foundation received 2,314 profile in courage essays from high school students in all 50 states, as well as Washington, d.c., and puerto rico. The foundation also received submissions from u.s. Citizens in canada, hong kong, india, indonesia, kenya, mexico, monaco, new zealand, panama, south korea, switzerland, and uzbekistan. The winning essayist, emily matthews, was recognized at the foundation's may dinner gala for her piece on ruth ann minner and her fight for public health within the state of Delaware.kennedy library forums - in 2025, the jfk library forum program presented 13 forums, offered in a combination of in-person and virtual formats. Highlights of the season included: "lessons from bobby: ten reasons robert f. Kennedy still matters", featuring chris matthews; "jfk assassination records: key takeaways," featuring fred logevall; "the highest calling: conversations on the american presidency," featuring david rubenstein; and "equal pay: a conversation with democratic whip katherine clark." in-person attendance at for

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 80.3%; rating input score 80
• Program expense ratio: 60.8%; rating input score 61
• Fundraising efficiency: $2.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Fail
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 48th 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 13.1%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.96; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 31.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings