Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Since 1956, historic germanna has owned and managed about 176 acres of riparian deciduous forest called siegen forest located between the rapidan river and Virginia route 3 (germanna highway) in orange county, Virginia. Historic germanna developed hiking trails on the land with the assistance of skilled professionals and dedicated volunteers, including area boy scouts. Historic germanna is committed to wise stewardship of this historic area by working with the commonwealth of Virginia and private-sector conservation groups, as well as making the educational value of this historic site available to the public.in 2021, historic germanna started the process of placing the siegen forest property under historic easement with the viriginia department of historic resources (dhr). Historic germanna applied for and was successfully awarded a grant from the Virginia land conservation foundation (vlcf) of $629,901 and a grant from the american battefield protection program (abpp) for $628,910. Historic germanna finalized the easement of this property in november of 2023, and at that time, received the grant funding from vlcf and abpp. Historic germanna organizes and executes several events focused on public participation at historic germanna's sites, along with programs using the sites as backdrops.historic germanna held four public events in 2025: 1) annualhistoric germanna conference & reunion, 2) madison-monroe debate reenactment at hebron lutheran church, 3) historic germanna hosted over 60 volunteers from apex clean energy as part of the united way of greater charlottesville's day of caring across historic germanna's sites, and 4) spring ephemeral walk in the siegen forest with Virginia master naturalist carolyn smith.historic germanna held four virtual lectures in 2025: 1) an evening with germanna with jason burns who provided a presentation on "3d digital reconstruction and the gordon farm", 2) an evening with germanna with elizabeth comer who provided a presentation on "using dna to connect living people to enslaved ironworkers at catoctin furnace, and 3) an evening with germanna with keith hoffman and shannon doherty who provided a presentation on "introduction to web portal for john blankenbaker's germanna history notes", and 4) virtual lecture hosted by germanna community college with victoria ferguson, dr. Carole nash, catherine hill, dr. Eric larsen, and jennifer hurst-wender who held a panel discussion about "the many layers of indigenous presence at historic germanna". The first three presentations can be viewed online at www.vimeo.com/germanna/videos.historic germanna's fort germanna visitor center (visitor center) houses a museum and the evelyn c. Martin genealogical research library; the hitt archaeology center (dedicated in 2019) and memorial garden are located on the siegen forest campus, adjacent to the locust grove campus of germanna community college, whose 100-acre site was donated by historic germanna to the commonwealth of Virginia in 1969 for the purpose of founding the college.educationeducation is central to historic germanna's mission. The visitor center holds a large collection of books and genealogy records, as well as interpretive exhibits that tell the germanna history. In 2023, historic germanna hired an education manager to better interpret the germanna region's history to the public. Historic germanna has been focusing on building an interpretive program at salubria and intergrating the centuries of history at germanna into public programming.since its formation in 1956, historic germanna has published 25 books that cover a wide range of historic topics relating to germanna, as well as genealogies of many of the families. Since 1957, historic germanna has held an annual july conference and reunion, continuing a tradition started in the 1940's by its unincorporated predecessor. The program includes guided tours of historic sites in the Virginia counties of orange, culpeper, fauquier, and madison that a

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 70.5%; rating input score 71
• Fundraising efficiency: $23.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th 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: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -43.7%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.79; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings