Rbf Dome Nfp
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320023383
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- Carbondale, IL, USA
- Phone
- 6185299393
- Rating
- 59
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $22,875
- Expenses
- $8,439
- Assets
- $847,303
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELIZABETH DONOGHUE (President)
- MIKE CHERVINKO (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- LARRY BUSCH (Director)
- STEVE GARIEPY (Director)
- AUR BECK (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
What is the organization's primary exempt purpose? This is RBF Dome's 23rd year as an established 501(c)(3)organization. Primarily, RBF Dome's mission is the recognition and preservation of the Fuller Dome property at 407 South Forest Avenue, Carbondale IL as an important historical artifact that reflects the revolutionary thinking of its designer and initial inhabitant, R. Buckminster Fuller and his wife, Anne Hewlett Fuller. This property was donated to the organization on September 25, 2002. Secondly, the mission is to educate the public about Fuller by creating a home museum at the restored Dome property. Fullers philosophies and teachings will be able to be explored, at the only dome he ever lived in, through the use of tools, toys, and models. Both parts of this mission have equal importance.Describe the organization's program service accomplishments: RBF Dome's goal is to renovate and maintain this designated National Register of Historic Places property in accordance with the pra
What it reported doing in 2024
Phase i exterior restorations have been completed. Phase ii interior design with a local architect is completed. Now moving to phase iii exterior renovations.visitor center exterior and site development are 90% complete. Now moving to interior construction
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% 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.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 52
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 18
- Sustainability: 86
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 39.4%; rating input score 39
- Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 63.1%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 100.4; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -23.3% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 39.4% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 11 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.