National Archives Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521792608
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2023575221
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies & Historic Preservation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,318,419
Expenses
$9,586,853
Assets
$25,681,723
Liabilities
$1,331,292

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

44 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RODNEY E SLATER (CHAIR & PRESIDENT)
  • JACQUELINE B MARS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT MOSBACHER JR (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES J BLANCHARD (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • PATRICK M MADDEN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • PATRICK M MADDEN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $309,167 total reported compensation
  • JAMES DOUMAS (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $240,582 total reported compensation
  • FRANCK CORDES (DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL CAMPAIGN): $155,244 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 foundation was created to support the archivist of the united states in the development of programs, technology, projects and materials that will introduce the archives and interpret its holdings to individuals around the world.

What it reported doing in 2024

Ronald reagan library: the ronald reagan library project is the situation room: Washington's cabinet is a new scenario for the situation room experience series of educational simulations. The scenario is a joint project between the ronald reagan presidential library and george Washington's mount vernon and is designed to be implemented at both locations. The simulation will accommodate 20-40 high school participants and will fit within a three-hour visitation window, including ninety minutes of "live play." the scenario serves high school participants as a baseline but will be a rewarding experience for undergraduates and adult groups alike. The scenario is an 18th century foreign policy crisis set during america's first "situation room" in the form of president george Washington's cabinet. Players take on a role from the era of the founding fathers and act to save the country from being consumed by a world war.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 57% for direct work, and 43% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - 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: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.1%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 68.2%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.1%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.68; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.1% of revenue deployed · 68.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 36 of 36 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $6.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $309K · 44 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $189K reported
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 15/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.