Saint Joseph’s College of Maine
Overview
Mission
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a Catholic liberal arts college (sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy) that fosters an ongoing dialogue between faith and reason to prepare learners to live meaningful lives that improve the world around them; the college’s mission includes growing learners into community leaders.
What it reported doing in 2024
Higher education institute offering small classes with an up-close and personal learning environment.- More than 40 majors, minors, and partnership programs- Classes of just six students are not unusual- Average class size of 13 students- Student Faculty ratio 14:1- First-year students meet with a faculty mentor- Professors will get to know you and inspire you
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 59% for direct work, and 41% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 010212542
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Website reviewed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Headquarters
- Standish, ME, United States
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Universities
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 68
- Accountability: 89
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.6%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 94.3%; rating input score 94
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Public financial transparency: 1 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 20
- Impact reporting controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Public relationship transparency: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 95.2%; rating input score 95; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Public governance controls: 1 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.3%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 1.1; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 99.6% of revenue deployed · 94.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 20 of 21 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $53.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $371K · 31 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 36 of 38 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
- Money network: 11 filed money-flow records