Emmanuel College

Overview

Mission

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What it reported doing in 2024

Academic support and student services for over 2,112 students including expenses for academic advising, academic resource center, disability services, internships and career services, student activities, student clubs, counseling, health services, campus ministry, athletics and operation of the college's library containing over 526,132 titles in the electronic, circulating and reference collections; more than 107,208 active journal subscriptions in printing and 61,556 print volumes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 88% 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 52% for direct work, and 48% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042105769
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Boston, MA, USA
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Universities
Affiliation
Christianity

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The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.2%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.58 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.1%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 3.15; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.62; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.2% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 24 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $117.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $436K · 31 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 41 of 42 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 12 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links