Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $7,881,954
- Total expenses
- $7,341,870
- Contributions and grants received
- $6,559,278
- Grants paid
- $37,000
- Program service revenue
- $906,458
- Investment income
- $510
- Other revenue
- $415,708
- Total assets, end of year
- $34,041,674
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $5,254,682
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $28,786,992
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $4,659,256
- Management and general expenses
- $1,478,659
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,203,955
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $4,659,256
Program services were 63.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Listed in Part VII
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ADAM MORTON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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BILL BAKER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BRIAN SAND
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
C ED MASSEY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CAROLE WILLIAMS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CHARLES BROWN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CHARNELLA GROSSMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAMON JONES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAWN GILMORE
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
EDGAR SMITH JR
OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ELIZABETH PIERCE
CEO, EX OFFICIO
- Total calculated
- $467,684
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $414,893
- Other
- $52,791
- Hours/week
- 3 + 42 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $316,893 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $75,000 related
- Other
- $0 + $23,000 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $14,591 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $38,200 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $467,684 related
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HON JEFFERY HOPKINS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
-
JAIA THOMAS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JAY DICKERSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JILL BERKEMEIER
CFO, EX OFFICIO
- Total calculated
- $323,396
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $306,859
- Other
- $16,537
- Hours/week
- 3 + 42 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $233,859 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $50,000 related
- Other
- $0 + $23,000 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $14,231 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $2,306 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $323,396 related
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KENNETH PARKER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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KENNETH ROBINSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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KEVIN WAKLATSI
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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LUKE BLOCHER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MEGGAN THOMPSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MICHAEL CIOFFI
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MICHAEL MOORE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
NICOLE REDUS
OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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PAUL BOOTH JR
OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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PETE STRANGE
OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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RICO GRANT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ROBERT JONES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ROBERT MCDONALD
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ROY MITCHELL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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RYAN KILPATRICK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SARAH WEISS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SEAN RUGLESS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SHAWN WARREN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SONYA WALTON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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STEPHANIE JONES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SUSAN ESLER
OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 3 related
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TIM STEIGERWALD
BOARD MEMBER, CMC BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 3 related
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WOODROW KEOWN
PRESIDENT AND COO
- Total calculated
- $236,553
- From this org
- $232,615
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,938
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $209,615
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $23,000
- Deferred
- $3,144
- Nontaxable benefits
- $794
- Filer's total
- $236,553
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ZAHKI DAVIS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Written employment contract
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 3
- COMPENSATION FOR CEO & CFO IS DETERMINED BY A RELATED ORGANIZATION USING THE FOLLOWING: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, A STANDING COMMITTEE COMPRISED ENTIRELY OF INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES, ANNUALLY REVIEWS THE PRESIDENT/CEO'S PERFORMANCE AND ESTABLISHES COMPENSATION FOR THE CEO AND VICE PRESIDENTS. WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION OF THIS REVIEW IS PRODUCED AND FILED WITH THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. THE REVIEW IS BASED ON CMC'S FINANCIAL AND PROGRAMMATIC PERFORMANCE, AND COMPENSATION INCREASES ARE BASED ON MERIT. THE CEO RECOMMENDS THE VICE PRESIDENT'S COMPENSATION, WHICH IS REVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE AND SET BASED ON THE VICE PRESIDENTS PERFORMANCE AND THE CEO'S RECOMMENDATION. BENCHMARK DATA FOR COMPARABLE POSITIONS IS UTILIZED BY THE COMMITTEE FOR THE CEO AND VICE PRESIDENTS AND INCLUDES TAX RETURNS, PUBLISHED REPORTS AND FORMAL COMPENSATION STUDIES. THE COMMITTEE UTILIZES A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY BY ECONOMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE COMPARING CMC TO SIMILAR ARTS, CULTURE AND HUMANITIES ORGANIZATIONS NATIONALLY (EXCLUDING NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, MASSACHUSETTS AND OTHER DISSIMILAR STATES) THAT HAVE SIMILAR BUDGET ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES.
- PART I, LINE 7
- AMOUNTS INCLUDED ON PART II, B(II), REPRESENTS BONUSES THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD, THESE AMOUNTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE INDIVIDUAL'S W-2.
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
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$37,000
UNRESTRICTED GRANT
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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501(C)(3) · MUSEUM · OH
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501(C)(3) · SUPPORTING BOTH CMC & NURFC ENDOWMENTS · OH
Directly controlled by CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER
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501(C)(3) · EDUCATION · OH · controlled entity
Directly controlled by NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Related partnerships
Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.
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RENOVATION, REHAB & PRESERVATION OF UNION TERMINAL · OH
Related corporations and trusts
Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.
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C · RENOVATION, REHAB & PRESERVATION OF UNION TERMINAL · OH
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C · RENOVATION, REHAB & PRESERVATION OF UNION TERMINAL · OH
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 13 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202601349349304745
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