United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Legal name: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521309391
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Washington, DC, United States
Phone
202.488.0400
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
History Museums

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$198,748,025
Expenses
$179,691,274
Assets
$1,000,401,458
Liabilities
$102,384,030

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

Leadership & pay

105 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • SARA BLOOMFIELD (DIRECTOR): $973,784 total reported compensation
  • ERAN GASKO (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $517,361 total reported compensation
  • JON CARVER (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $516,418 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires leaders and citizens to confront hatred, prevent genocide, promote human dignity, and strengthen democracy.

What it reported doing in 2024

The museum offers a wide range of programs, resources and digital engagement for multiple audiences in multiple settings: the general public at the museum, online and through traveling exhibitions; educational administrators, teachers, and students in secondary schools in all 50 states; local holocaust museums and centers nationwide; faculty, students and administrators at universities; law enforcement officers, students at united states military academies, and members of the judiciary; online multilingual audiences worldwide; and others.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.6%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 72.1%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Limited
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: 9.6%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.57; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 79.6% of revenue deployed · 72.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 65 of 65 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $129.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $974K · 105 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $25.5M reported
  • Consistency: 53 of 53 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.