The Susan B Anthony House

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237098699
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Rochester, NY, USA
Phone
5852797490
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,359,989
Expenses
$1,159,370
Assets
$4,665,567
Liabilities
$69,680

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEBORAH HUGHES (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DEBORAH HUGHES (PRESIDENT & CEO): $93,218 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We maintain and share susan b. Anthony's national historic landmark, historic properties, and collections. We promote historical scholarship. We welcome guests to programs and exhibits related to her life, work, and influence. By interpreting how and why susan b. Anthony changed the world, we inspire change-making.our vision is to inspire our local, national, and global communities with the life and work of susan b. Anthony. Like her, we believe that humanity, justice, and liberty are central to a community of, by, and for all people.

What it reported doing in 2024

Special initiatives. The anthony museum regularly partners with other organizations in the arts and culture sector to expand our audience reach and impact. We were invited by "empowered with meg ryan," to be featured as a syndicated pbs short program which will be aired through december 2026. With the northern California women's caucus for art (ncwca), we co-sponsored a panel and juried art exhibit at the arc gallery in san francisco related to the equal rights amendment called "access: an ordinary notion." locally, we offered two lectures for cornhill navigation about the intersection of women's history, the erie canal, and the genesee river. We presented lectures off-site for historical associations and libraries about susan b. Anthony's life at home, abolition, and her connections to other prominent historic figures. In its first year as an early voting site, the museum welcomed 6,250 voters. The museum continues to fundraise for a campus expansion which features a new building within walking distance of the current campus. The museum's visitor capacity will increase by 600%, from 35ppl/hour to more than 210ppl/hour. The new exhibit areas will be immersive, experiential, and self-guided. Property has been acquired, and over $16.5 million has been raised toward the goal of $25 million. Final construction documents are in process. Groundbreaking will begin as soon as funds have been raised.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% 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

SUPPORTED - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 42.5%; rating input score 43
  • Program expense ratio: 48.1%; rating input score 48
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 25th 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: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.8%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.02; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 42.5% of revenue deployed · 48.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $558K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $93K · 14 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $111K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.