Museum at Eldridge Street

Overview

Mission

The Museum’s mission is to restore and preserve the National Historic Landmark 1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue and to provide cultural and educational programs. Veronica joined the Museum at Eldridge Street in March 2022 as the Director of Development and oversees all fundraising efforts to sustain and maintain the historic synagogue and support the educational and cultural programming of the Museum. She spent 15 years at The New York Landmarks Conservancy as Assistant Director of Development where her primary responsibilities included foundation and corporate giving, major gifts, and social media. Over her nearly three-decade career as a professional fundraiser, Veronica has worked for several of New York City’s premier arts and cultural and educational institutions including Big Apple Greeter, Candid (formerly known as The Foundation Center), and.

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 66% 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.

• Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 66
• Transparency & Controls: 79
• Accountability: 90
• Sustainability: 58
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 68.1% of revenue deployed · 76.2% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 21 of 23 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
• Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $190K · 24 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
• Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
• 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.
• Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

• High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 29/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.