Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation

Legal name: Unity Temple Restoration Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237346437
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Oak Park, IL, US
Phone
708-848-6225
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Support N.E.C.
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,567
Expenses
$32,739
Assets
$244,041
Liabilities
$72,470

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LAURA THOMPSON (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • BRAD WHITE (BOARD PAST-PRESIDENT)
  • HEIDI RUEHLE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • HEIDI RUEHLE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $24,000 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 mission of the unity temple restoration foundation (utrf), founded in 1973, is to restore and preserve frank lloyd wright's masterpiece, educating the local, national and international guests about architectural concepts, while advancing awareness of frank lloyd wright's contribution to modern architecture.

What it reported doing in 2024

The foundation continued fundraising for building preservation and production of public programming.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 35.3%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.45; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 73.3%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $24K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.