2025-09-12T16:32:51-05:00 2024-12-31 BDO USA 8001 FORSYTH BLVD STE 900 ST LOUIS MO 63105 990 2024-01-01 026007881 Sphinx Foundation % JOSEPH F DEMPSEY JR SPHI 6036469651 PO Box 213 Hanover NH 037550213 TOM SLOSBERG President 3145502100 2025-09-11 true true Kimberly A Tortora CPA P01856820 3148891100 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z TOM SLOSBERG PO Box 213 Hanover NH 037550213 7684619 false X N/A X 2006 NH See Schedule O 18 18 0 92 0 285487 543455 84784 88489 348143 1177076 0 0 718414 1809020 31519 142899 0 0 0 0 0 0 1698 157975 139919 189494 282818 528920 1526202 5087311 6115164 0 0 5087311 6115164 X SEE SCHEDULE O false false 61415 9899 22878 A) EDUCATION: THE FOUNDATION CONDUCTS FORMAL ANNUAL COURSES ON DARTMOUTH AND SPHINX HISTORY AND TRADITIONS FOR INCOMING UNDERGRADUATE MEMBERS. THE COURSES ARE NORMALLY CONDUCTED IN THE SPHINX BUILDING AND OVERSEEN BY ALUMNI MEMBERS. THEY COMBINE LECTURES, ORAL REVIEW SESSIONS WITH READING ASSIGNMENTS. THERE ARE NORMALLY THREE SESSIONS PER ACADEMIC QUARTER (EXCLUDING SUMMER) AND INCLUDE GUEST LECTURES. UNDERGRADUATE MEMBERS TYPICALLY MAKE EXTENSIVE USE OF THE SPHINX FACILITIES WHICH INCLUDE THE LIBRARY AND STUDY STATIONS. THE FOUNDATION MAINTAINS THE BUILDING'S WIRELESS AND HIGH-SPEED CONNECTIVITY TO ENSURE THE SPHINX BUILDING PROVIDES THE STRONGEST SUPPORT FOR UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES. THESE FACILITIES ARE USED EXTENSIVELY TO PROVIDE VIRTUAL GATHERINGS (ZOOM), AS WELL AS TRADITIONAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. GENERAL ACTIVITIES OF UNDERGRADUATE MEMBERSHIP IN SPHINX INCLUDE EXTENSIVE PEER DRIVEN LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT TAKE PLACE IN THE SPHINX BUILDING. THESE INCLUDE INFORMAL ACADEMIC DEBATE AND DISCOURSE, FULFILLMENT OF GROUP LEADERSHIP ROLE, GROUP GOAL SETTING AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES, BASIC BUDGET MANAGEMENT, AND INTERACTION WITH COLLEGE OFFICIALS. THE SPHINX FOUNDATION ORGANIZES AND SUPPORTS PUBLIC LECTURES AND PARTNERS WITH THE COLLEGE'S CONTINUING ALUMNI EDUCATION PROGRAMS WHEN REQUESTED AND APPROPRIATE. THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTED THE 'HILL WINDS SOCIETY', A DIVERSE GROUP OF UNDERGRADUATES SELECTED TO BE 'AMBASSADORS' TO THE VISITING ALUMNI BODY. THE HILL WINDS SOCIETY WAS FOUNDED IN 2008 AND CONSISTS OF MEMBERS SELECTED ON THE BASIS OF CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL AND AN INFECTIOUS DARTMOUTH SPIRIT. IN 2024, WORKING WITH THE COLLEGE AND TEEVENS CENTER, THE FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED THE SPHINX INTERNSHIP FUND FOR STUDENT ATHLETES. 154564 133000 57578 B) COMMUNITY SERVICE: SINCE 2017, WHEN THE FOUNDATION INITIATED AND SPONSORED A RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN THE COLLEGE'S GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT FOCUSING ON THE POLITICS AND LAW PROGRAM, THE FOUNDATION HAS FUNDED FELLOWSHIPS EACH YEAR. THE PROGRAM IN POLITICS AND LAW PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES FOR DARTMOUTH STUDENTS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH IN POLITICS AND LAW, ESPECIALLY SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES ON LAW AND LAWMAKING. THE PROGRAM FUNDS STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS TO SUPPORT RESEARCH CONDUCTED OUTSIDE OF CLASS; RESEARCH EXPENSES, SUCH AS SURVEYS, EXPERIMENTS, PURCHASING DATA, INTERVIEWS; CONFERENCE EXPENSES FOR STUDENTS TO ATTEND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES TO PRESENT THEIR WORK AND FUNDS FOR GUEST SPEAKERS TO TRAVEL TO DARTMOUTH, SPEAK TO CLASSES, AND MEET WITH STUDENTS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO SUPPORTS THE HISTORICAL ACCOUNTABILITY STUDENT RESEARCH PROGRAM AT THE RAUNER SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY AT DARTMOUTH'S BAKER LIBRARY. THE PROGRAM OFFERS SEVERAL STUDENT RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES TO ASSIST DARTMOUTH STUDENTS IN EXPLORING RAUNER'S COLLECTIONS AND CREATING ORIGINAL CONTENT BASED UPON PRIMARY SOURCES. THE DYNAMIC PROGRAM OFFERS AN OPEN-ENDED SCOPE FOR PROJECT TOPICS AND IS DEDICATED TO ALLOWING UNDERGRADUATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESEARCH ISSUES OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN DARTMOUTH'S HISTORY. THIS PROGRAM MOST CLOSELY FULFILLS THE FOUNDATION'S COMMITMENT TO FURTHER KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF DARTMOUTH. IN ADDITION, SINCE 2015, THE FOUNDATION HAS UNDER WRITTEN THE OPERATION OF A STUDENT AND VISITOR INFORMATION BOOTH ON CAMPUS. FOUNDATION MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT DARTMOUTH AND THE GREATER DARTMOUTH COMMUNITY TO OVER 1,800 VISTORS FROM THE US AND 36 COUNTRIES IN 2024. 21565 8033 C) HISTORICAL PRESERVATION: THE SPHINX BUILDING, ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 1905, IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. IT IS THE ONLY BUILDING SO LISTED ON THE DARTMOUTH CAMPUS. THE STRUCTURE IS THE OLDEST POURED CONRETE BUILDING IN THE UNITED STATES. THE FOUNDATIN IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT THE BUILDING CONTINUES TO QUALIFY FOR INCLUSION ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND MAINTAINS ITS PLACE IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THE FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO PRESERVING THE BUILDING AND ITS ROLE IN SUPPORTING THE EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES OF ITS MEMBERS. THE BUILDING ALSO SERVES AS THE DEPOSITORY OF THE SPHINX FOUNDATION'S HISTORIC DOCUMENTS AND ARTIFACTS. 237544 true true false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 1 0 true 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false X 18 18 false false false false false false false true false false false true true true true false false false false false NH X JOSEPH F DEMPSEY JR 7326908380 4 HICKORY LANE Green Brook NJ 08812 X Peter Frederick President Emeritus 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 Kwame Ohene-Adu Secretary 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 James Wendell Beane III Board Member 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Paul Centenari Board Member 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Joseph F Dempsey Jr Treasurer 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 Robert T Esposito Board Member 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Wilson Handler Board Member 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Neil Harrington Board Member(through 12/2024) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 David Harrison Vice President 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 Steve Linde Board Member 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Jaan Lumi through 122024 Board Member 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Scott Mackle Board Member 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Jon Merriman Board Member 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Matt Nicholson Board Member 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 James Parker Board Member 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Chad Silverman Board Member 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Tom Slosberg President 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 George Faux Vice President 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 543455 543455 MEMBERSHIP DUES 900099 88489 88489 88489 148610 148610 0 0 0 0 0 6904065 5875599 1028466 1028466 1028466 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1809020 88489 1177076 142899 142899 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11660 11660 0 0 28469 28469 0 0 0 1195 1195 0 39675 39675 332 332 0 0 0 0 25018 25018 1720 1720 BANK CHARGES 1677 1677 SUPPLIES 29973 29952 21 POSTAGE 200 200 282818 237544 43576 1698 86617 139157 95987 70257 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1210790 633643 602166 577147 1827657 3006487 2462584 2309816 0 0 0 0 12300 12300 5087311 6115164 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4279525 5115164 807786 1000000 5087311 6115164 5087311 6115164 1526202 -498349 X false false false X 325246 377379 307448 370271 631944 2012288 0 0 325246 377379 307448 370271 631944 2012288 596476 1415812 51227 67121 94837 113091 148610 474886 0 0 2487174 0.56925 0.43034 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1186320 609173 577147 24470 24470 0 577147 ISHARES S&P 500 FUND CLASS G 2309816 F 2309816 true Dartmouth College College 5 Allen Street Suite 250 Hanover NH 03755 020222111 501(c)(3) 138365 Educational 1 0 Part I, Line 2: The Sphinx Foundation creates legally binding agreements with the grant recipients that outline the terms of the grant funding. The Sphinx Foundation may require grant recipients to submit reports to the Foundation regarding the use and outcomes of grant funds. The reports may include a narrative description of the progress in achieving the purposes of the grant, detail related to the expenditure of the funds, and a list of projects being conducted with the grant funding. The Foundation may decline to consider grant renewals in the event of any failure to furnish such reports. Form 990, Part I, Line 1 and Part III, Line I SPHINX FOUNDATION (THE FOUNDATION) PROMOTES CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE CODE). MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE CORPORATION IS FORMED INCLUDE: a) TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE ("DARTMOUTHTHE "COLLEGE") AND MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH THE PURPOSE OF FURTHERING KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF DARTMOUTH. b) TO PRESERVE AND CARRY ON THE EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE TRADITIONS AND CEREMONIES OF THE SPHINX ORGANIZATION WHICH, SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1885, HAS PROMOTED THE IDEALS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, COMMUNITY SERVICE, HIGH MORAL PURPOSE AND RESPECT FOR THE TRADITIONS AT THE COLLEGE, AND TRAINED AND EDUCATED SELECTED UNDERGRADUATE MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE TO BECOME PROSPECTIVE LEADERS OF THE COLLEGE, LOCAL, NATIONAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNITY. c) TO BE A RESERVOIR OF DARTMOUTH'S HISTORY AND TRADITIONS IN THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A MUSEUM OF COLLEGE AND SPHINX MEMORABILIA AND LITERATURE. d) TO SERVE AND SUPPORT THE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY. e) TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE HISTORIC BUILDING AT EAST WHEELOCK STREET, HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b The organization did not contemporaneously document the meetings held or written actions undertaken during the year by each committee with authority to act on behalf of the governing body because there is no committee with the authority to act on behalf of the governing body. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11 Copies of Form 990 are distributed to all board members for review prior to filing, which is documented in the board meeting minutes. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12C Copies of the conflict of interest policy are distributed to each individual annually. A signed copy must be obtained from each individual. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Copies are made available via annual filing with the state of New Hampshire.