Martin Ryerson Charity Trust
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 366026854
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Po Box Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 3126306000
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $20,352
- Expenses
- $27,753
- Assets
- $630,413
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Highest reported compensation
- NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY (TRUSTEE): $7,501 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To support organizations listed in schedule a part i
What it reported doing in 2024
University of Illinois foundation - grant
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 74% of its reported program spending out as 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 88.9%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Limited
- Other executive compensation review process: Limited
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -36.4%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 22.72; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 27%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -17.3% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 1 of 1 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $25K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $8K · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 8 filed related-organization links
- 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: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.