Tudor Place Foundation Tr 61978

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
526189264
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2029650400
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$823,243
Expenses
$442,981
Assets
$7,348,917
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR CHRISTY PICHICHERO (PRESIDENT)
  • VAL P HAWKINS JR (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MARK HUDSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THRU 04/25)
  • ANNE CB ROBERTS (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANNE CB ROBERTS (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $85,385 total reported compensation
  • MARK HUDSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THRU 04/25): $77,273 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Tudor place historic house & garden preserves the stories of six generations of descendants of martha Washington, and the enslaved and free people who lived and worked at this georgetown landmark for nearly two centuries. By examining their legacy, we challenge ourselves and our visitors to celebrate the triumphs and to confront the complexities of the past.

What it reported doing in 2025

Restoration, preservation, maintenance, and educational programming of the tudor place historic house, garden and museum archives and collections. Located on five and a half acres of land in Washington's georgetown neighborhood, tudor place maintains seven historic structures, including silver, furniture, paintings, architectural and archaeological artifacts, jewelry, and household items spanning the period 1750-1983. All these items share a provenance directly associated with the historic house and its occupants. With collections that were made, used and owned by the residents of tudor place, visitors are provided an authentic, immersive experience, seeing objects in their original context. An extensive archival collection includes the papers and correspondence of six generations of the peter family, presidential documents, photographs, deeds, and a 5,000-volume book collection. The archive is particularly complete in recording the history of the property, the house and its contents, and the development of the garden. A board-approved collections management policy and industry best-practices guide the care, exhibition, and use of the museum collection and archive.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 92% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 46.2%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.59; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $443K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $85K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.