Telemachus Network

Overview

Mission

To connect with and mentor emerging high potential leaders who are seeking to live productive and meaningful lives by integrating faith into all aspects of their lives. The final decade of Rick’s life was defined by his vision for and leadership of Telemachus Network, a non-profit organization he founded in 2011 to create intergenerational friendships between emerging and experienced leaders in both faith-based and secular contexts. His passion for mentoring reflected his lifelong mission to “grow fruit on other people’s trees.” Rick is survived by his loving family: Jill Woolworth, his wife of 45 years, their three daughters, Jocelyn W. Mason, Virginia B. Woolworth, and Helen W. Brown, two sons-in-law, three grandchildren, his siblings, Andy B. Woolworth, Sally W. Lynch, and Lucy W. Lamphere, and his mother, Helen B. Woolworth. Rick died nine months to the.

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 83% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 73
• Transparency & Controls: 92
• Accountability: 76
• Sustainability: 62
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
• Where the money goes: 74.4% of revenue deployed · 94.6% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $299K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
• Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
• Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
• Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
• 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.

• Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.