Ramsey County Historical Society Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Collections & exhibitions collections acquisitions: 57 individuals donated 890 books, 86.25 linear feet of archival materials, 534 photos, 42 artifacts to the rchs collections. A large collection of labor history books and archival materials were donated by the estate of david j. Riehle.mary livingston griggs & mary griggs burke research center: 1394 researchers were assisted in the research center. Photographs available online on the rchs website: 32,358.exhibitions: selma 70. The history of the civil rights movement and the stories of a group of 70 pilgrims from Minnesota who traveled from saint paul to selma, Alabama for the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday in march of 2015. In-person at the rchs gallery, landmark center, st. Paul mn from april 2025 through may 2026.march of the governors. Series of exhibit panels about each Minnesota governor, in conjunction with the podcast series. In-person at the rchs gallery, landmark center, st. Paul mn from july 1, 2024-march 2025.linked in friendship, connected in service: 50 years of the minneapolis/st. Paul (mn) chapter of the links, incorporated 1972-2022. (online with no end date anticipated.)persistence: continuing the struggle for suffrage and equality, 1848-2020. (online with no end date anticipated.)projects of note: collections go digital. On 12/6/2024, all cataloged collections (objects, books, photographs, archival collections) went online through the schneider geospatial beacon system. Previously, only photographs were offered online. These records are available free of charge for online searching. Https://rchs.com/collections/ additionally, the st. Paul building permit collection was also made available online after being acquired in 2003 and finally being fully digitized.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 73.1%; rating input score 73
• Fundraising efficiency: $3.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 24th 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: 96.2%; rating input score 96; 26th 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: -40.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.79; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8.2%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings