John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated EIN 04-6113130

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated

EIN  04-6113130 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Boston, MA Founded 1963
Form 990 (PDF) Compare with another nonprofit →
Verified accurate 8/14/26 · see original filing: IRS
Is this your organization?
Claim this profile to manage it and share your story.
Claim
Provided by the organization

This section is blank until John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated claims this page.

Know this organization? Claim it to add your story

Size
$1–10M
What they do
Communicates President Kennedy's legacy and democratic ideals to global audiences through historical artifacts, stories, and public service programs.
Leadership
Rachel Flor · Executive Director · $352K
Money in and out
$8.7M revenue, $7.6M expenses
Bottom line
63% program efficiency

Communicates President Kennedy's legacy and democratic ideals to global audiences through historical artifacts, stories, and public service programs. For fiscal year 2024 it reported $8.7M in revenue, $7.6M in expenses, and $60.7M in net assets.Pt I

Where the money goes · FY2024
Total revenue
$8.7M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$7.6M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$60.7M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $1.1M
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.63 Management & general $0.14 Fundraising $0.23
Program efficiency
63%
of spending reaches programs▼ -2% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
99.0mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▲ +22% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
+12%
revenue over expenses, this year▲ +596% vs prior filing year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2024 · Form 990
Revenue
$8.7M
FY2024▼ -5%
Expenses
$7.6M
FY2024▼ -15%
Total assets
$61.4M
FY2024▲ +5%
Total liabilities
$668K
FY2024▼ -16%
Total revenue
$8.7M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$7.6M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$60.7M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$1.1M
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$61.4M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B63%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 332
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 432
Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

3 program services account for $4.2M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Communications(see more detail in schedule o)the JFK library foundation's communications and marketing programs provide a direct and deep engagement with the library and museum for audiences across the nation and around the world.

$1.7Mprogram expense
02

Education, hemingway and museum support(see more detail in schedule o)2024 education highlightsguided museum visits: in 2024, museum educators led nearly 100 field trips for elementary, middle, and high school students.

$1.4Mprogram expense
03

Awards and support(see more detail in schedule o)profile in courage awardat a ceremony on june 9, 2024, president kennedy's grandson, jack schlossberg, presented the 2024 profile in courage award to kentucky secretary of state michael g. Adams. Secretary adams received the award for expanding voting rights.

$1.1Mprogram expense

Run this program? Claim this org to tell your story

Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated
EINHdr · item D04-6113130
Principal addressHdr · item CBoston, MA
WebsiteHdr · item Jwww.jfklibrary.org
Year of formationHdr · item L1963
State of legal domicileHdr · item MMA
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFEducation (B70)
Ruling yearIRS BMFDec 1963

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a32
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b32
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13Yes
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14Yes
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2Yes

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$352,324Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$296,925Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Development
$269,185Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Communications & External Affairs
$200,313Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Marketing & Partnerships
$132,205Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Development Events & Ops.
$123,755Pt VII · Sec A
Forum Producer
$111,667Pt VII · Sec A
Assoc Dir, Donor Stewardship/SR Writer
$102,871Pt VII · Sec A

Rachel Flor’s $352K as Executive Director is at the 98th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3392 $1–10M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Rachel Flor$352,324$349,098$307,852$269,248$245,252
Steven Rothstein$331,531
Doris R Drummond$296,925$292,337$257,761$250,937$245,166
Maura Hammer$269,185$265,923$235,619$222,976$217,787
Valerie Linson$200,313$199,673$171,862
Richard King$132,205$117,999$112,687$103,247$102,132
Sarina Sadana$123,755$121,854$118,599
James Jenkins$111,829$106,226$101,838

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

See John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated executive salaries →

Are you one of these people? Claim this org to confirm your role

Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants$4.3M · 49%
Investment income$4.1M · 47%
Other revenue$211K · 2%
Program service revenue$99K · 1%
Contributions & grants49%$4.3M
Investment income47%$4.1M
Other revenue2%$211K
Program service revenue1%$99K
— government grantsLn 1e$582K
Total revenueLn 12$8.7M

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.63 Management & general $0.14 Fundraising $0.23
Program services63%$4.8M
Management & general14%$1.0M
Fundraising23%$1.8M
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.6M

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$873K
Total assetsLn 16$61.4M
Total liabilitiesLn 26$668K
Total net assetsLn 32$60.7M
Months of cash on handcomputed1.4

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2024 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $57.4M · Operating expenses (Pt IX) $7.6M · Less non-cash grants $662K · Cash operating expenses/yr $7.0M
99.0 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $4.8M · Total expenses $7.6M
63%
Management & General
Management & general $1.0M · Total expenses $7.6M
14%
Fundraising
Fundraising $1.8M · Total expenses $7.6M
23%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense (3-yr avg) $1.8M · Solicited contributions (3-yr avg) $5.3M
$0.35 to raise $1 (3-yr avg)
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $4.3M · Total revenue $8.7M
49%
Government reliance
Government grants $582K · Total revenue $8.7M
7%
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $99K · Total revenue $8.7M
1%
Investment reliance
Investment income $4.1M · Total revenue $8.7M
+47%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $99K · Total expenses $7.6M
1%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $8.7M · Prior year $9.2M
-5%
Revenue CAGR
FY2020 $7.3M · FY2024 $8.7M
+5%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $60.7M · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $8.7M · Expenses $7.6M
+12%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $61.4M
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $60.7M · Total assets $61.4M
99%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) $45.0M · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) $11.6M · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $61.4M
92%
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Rachel Flor · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $352K · Total expenses $7.6M
5%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $4.2M · Total expenses $7.6M
55%
Fundraising vendors
Fundraiser cost ratio
Paid to fundraisers $252K · Gross raised $550K
46%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 63%
Overhead ratio 14%
Fundraising cost ratio 42%
Revenue growth -5%
Investment management fee ratio 0%
Accounting fee ratio 1%
Fundraising fee ratio 3%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K
Grants paid · 19 grants · $595K · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$19,500
Unitemized GrantFY2024$12,500
Unitemized GrantFY2024$12,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$26,100
Unitemized GrantFY2023$19,500
Unitemized GrantFY2023$9,940
Unitemized GrantFY2023$7,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$20,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$19,500
Unitemized GrantFY2022$10,500
Unitemized GrantFY2022$9,250
Unitemized GrantFY2021$19,525
Unitemized GrantFY2021$5,300
Unitemized GrantFY2021$5,250
Unitemized GrantFY2020$328,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$30,871
Unitemized GrantFY2020$19,200
Unitemized GrantFY2020$12,500
See all 19 grants →

Similar Organizations

Closest in mission — by what they do
See all organizations like John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated →

Compare

Search another nonprofit to view revenue, expenses, assets, key metrics, and leaders side by side

Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2024 (Latest)$8.7M revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$9.2M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022$6.8M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2021$9.5M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2020$7.3M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF

Want to add your own materials alongside these filings? Claim this org

Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2024IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

If you ARE the filing organization, claim this org and add context

Made it to the end? Claim this organization

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the peer-cohort and compensation comparisons above.