Rosenwald Park Campaign

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832283395
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Bethesda, MD, USA
Phone
2407439247
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
History Museums

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$312,107
Expenses
$71,697
Assets
$605,185
Liabilities
$1,907

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DOROTHY CANTER PHD (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT G STANTON (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DOROTHY CANTER PHD (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT G STANTON (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • M HOWARD MORSE (TREASURER)

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

The rosenwald park campaign seeks to establish the julius rosenwald & rosenwald schools national historical park, a multi-site national park celebrating the life and legacy of the astute businessman and innovative philanthropist julius rosenwald, who partnered with african american communities across the south to build over 5,000 schoolhouse facilities for children who otherwise would have had extremely limited access to the public education to which they were entitled. Once the park is established the campaign will become the friends group for it.

What it reported doing in 2024

On november 13 the campaign and 12 other nonprofits sponsored a program at the capitol visitor center on the legacy of julius rosenwald, the impact of rosenwald schools and the progress of the campaign. Over 100 people attended the event, including several sitting and former members of congress. Three members of house of representatives chellie pingree of me, steve cohen of tn and jamie raskin of md - made opening remarks, the campaign's film was shown, and a panel discussion concluded the program. In 2024 the campaign completed the strategic planning process initiated in the last months of 2023. In 2024 sharon davies, president of the kettering foundation, joined the campaign board. She had previously served on the campaign advisory council. Board member pam bowman, representing the national trust for historic preservation, resigned from the board in november 2024, and tiffany tolbert, also of the trust, was designated to take her place in 2025. Charles frank of highland park il, joined the advisory council, as did susan bales, founder of frameworks institute, of manhattan beach, ca. Campaign board members stephanie deutsch and dorothy canter continued to give in person presentations and webinars to interested groups and participated in events sponsored by other organizations. The campaign's 2023 award-winning film "rosenwald: toward a more perfect union" was shown at multiple events, both by the campaign and other organizations. Significantly, the cosmos club of Washington, dc, sponsored a dinner program on julius rosenwald and the rosenwald schools on february 23 that was attended by 130 people

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 29
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 18.6%; rating input score 19
  • Program expense ratio: 55.2%; rating input score 55
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 77%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.44; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 27.5% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 35.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 18.6% of revenue deployed · 55.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $40K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 19/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.