The National WWII Museum

What it reported doing in 2024

Education and conferenceseducational travel programwhile the national wwii museum provides vivid insight into the war that changed the world, nothing can tell its story more dramatically than a visit to the sites where victory was fought for and won.as the nation's foremost expert in wwii history, the museum's travel program is dedicated to providing the highest quality educational content by creating custom-curated itineraries with renowned historians and expert local guides with unparalleled knowledge of wwii locations- from lesser-known sites available exclusively to the national wwii museum's travel programs to iconic landmarks (continued on schedule o) educational travel program tours (continued): steeped in heroism and history. Guests experience a journey to the beaches, bridges, cities, and villages where crucial battles took place and history-making decisions were made. Tours generally include the europeaneuropean theatre of operations (england, france, italy, germany) and the pacific theatre of operations (philippines, japan).in addition to the overseas tours, the museum hosts domestic multi-day experiences based at the museum's campus in new orleans. The experience the victory program allows guests to become fully immersed in the museum's exhibits and galleries, enjoy private tours, and participate in lectures provided by museum historians. Guests are hosted at the museum's higgins hotel.k-12 educationthrough a broad range of on-site and distance-learning experiences in both student curricula and teacher training for grades k-12, the museum aspires to be nationally recognized as the premiere educational leader on the legacies of the american experience in world war ii. The national wwii museum is committed to education and to providing schools and teachers with the tools they need to tell the wwii story in a full and meaningful way. The museum's generous supporters help make many of these educational programs free of charge to learners. To date, more than 800,000 students and teachers have visited the museum's campus, and even more have been inspired by the legacy and lessons of the wwii generation through the museum's online programs and resources. Museum staff are continuously expanding the institution's core curriculum as they explore new chapters of the war and create programming initiatives that bring the enduring lessons to young minds across the country. Since 2006, the museum's signature distance-learning program has encouraged hundreds of thousands of learners from across the globe to share critical lessons and powerful stories of world war ii. Without leaving the classroom, world war ii comes to life for students through the museum's exclusive artifacts, archival footage, captivating personal testimony, and interaction with experts. No matter what a school's budget or level of technology may be, students and teachers can go on in-depth explorations of relevant historical topics in the museum's dynamic virtual field trips where students can be taken to historic sites all over the world. Led by student reporters, young people learn about the international impact of world war ii in the places where history was made. Through the museum's webinar series, students can interact live with wwii experts, authors, historians, holocaust survivors, and with thousands of other students throughout the country. Since 2014, the national wwii museum has offered immersive residential professional development programs for teachers on its campus. Highlighting powerful wwii stories and rich primary sources from the museum's collection, these programs have trained thousands of teachers. In the first five years of offering professional development, the museum has reached 120 summer teacher institute participants from 45 states who have trained nearly 3,000 of their colleagues and over 100,000 students by way of the museum's print and digital teaching tools. Through the support of museum partners, educators participating in these p

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 68.2%; rating input score 68
• Program expense ratio: 80.4%; rating input score 80
• Fundraising efficiency: $6.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
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• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 96.3%; rating input score 96; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 21.5%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.01; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings