Rock Ford Foundation
Donations deductibleRevenue
$550k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$512k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$3.4m
$113k liabilities
Net assets
$3.3m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
3.4 years on average
Staff
21
50 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
9
named in Part VII
Rock Ford Foundation's network
7 people3 organisationsi7 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 10 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 7 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Carter | Trustee | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Barbara Brown | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Deborah Smith | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Eric Munro | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| John Kolar | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Lisa Landis-Blowers | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Stuart Van Ormer | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
9 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Christina McSherry | Executive Di | 2024 |
| Dana Lewis | President | 2024 |
| Deborah Smith | Vice Preside | since 2018 |
| Margaret Shaffer | Treasurer | since 2020 |
| Pamela Stoner | Trustee | since 2018 |
| R Bruce Jenkins | Treasurer | since 2018 |
| Robert Pontz | Vice Preside | since 2020 |
| Samuel Slaymaker | Executive Di | since 2018 |
| Thomas G Englert | Company secretary | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Brown | Trustee | $0 | |||
| Ann Carter | Trustee | $0 | |||
| John Kolar | Trustee | $0 | |||
| Lisa Landis-Blowers | Trustee | $0 | |||
| Eric Munro | Trustee | $0 | |||
| Stuart van Ormer | Trustee | $0 | |||
| Deborah Smith | Trustee | $0 | |||
| Thomas Englert | Secretary | $0 | |||
| Dana Lewis | President | $0 | |||
| Christina McSherry | Executive Di | $0 | |||
| Robert Pontz | Vice Preside | $0 | |||
| Margaret Shaffer | Treasurer | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Rock Ford Foundation
- EIN
- 236298762
- Address
- 881 Rockford Rd, Lancaster, PA, 17602-1225
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Mission
- The rock ford foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the general hand mansion and its collections, the john j. Snyder, jr. Gallery of early lancaster county decorataive arts, and the related outbuildings, gardens and grounds on the rock ford property. Historic rock ford offers the public guided tours, educational programs and special... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A540 Arts, culture and humanities
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1958
- Principal officer
- Dana Lewis (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 September 1959
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥5years on the filingsAnn Carter
≥4years on the filingsEric Munro
≥4years on the filingsStuart Van Ormer
≥2years on the filingsBarbara Brown
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $3.4m
- Total liabilities
- $113k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $3.3m
- Contributions and grants received
- $202k
- Program service revenue
- $30k
- Employees
- 21
- Volunteers
- 50
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $550k | $512k | $38k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Rock Ford Foundation likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, business entities (data.pa.gov xvd7-5r2c). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 7 May 1958
- Registered agent
- Not stated
Officers (5)
- Christina McSherry Governor
- Dana Lewis President
- Margaret Shaffer Treasurer
- Robert Pontz Vice President
- Thomas G Englert Secretary
City and state of officers are not held in this extract.