RU Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

10 people listed

Allison Thacker (Director and President): $2,975,212 total reported compensation
Kelly Fox (Director): $1,010,304 total reported compensation
Cindy Melton (Vice President and Treasurer): $662,835 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

To support william marsh rice university EIN 74-1109620

Title holding company for real estate held for the benefit of william marsh rice university, an irc section 501(c)(3) organization.

Revenue model: Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 25%; rating input score 25; 18th 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 308.34; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 1,091.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 1 of 4 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $3M · 10 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Related organizations: 35 filed related-organization links
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.

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

High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 25/100.
Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.