Archdiocese of Indianapolis Cemeteries Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271486415
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Phone
- 3172361405
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Support N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $7,727,210
- Expenses
- $5,750,435
- Assets
- $15,105,794
- Liabilities
- $7,257,470
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Archbishop Charles Thompson (President)
- Monsignor William Stumpf (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- Christopher Walsh (Secretary): $178,130 total reported compensation
- Brian Burkert (Treasurer): $171,829 total reported compensation
- Archbishop Charles Thompson (President): $51,794 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization's mission is to carry out the sacred religious function of the burial and care for the resting places of the deceased. In keeping with the words of St. Paul, the Church sets aside Cemeteries as sacred ground, a resting place for the faithful until they rise to new life. Christian burial is an honor, a privilege and an opportunity for Catholics to observe the passage of human life with meaning and dignity.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization performed burial services including casketed and cremation services at the eight cemeteries that they managed and maintained.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 90% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 72
- Accountability: 28
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.8%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 25.6%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.63; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.48; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $178K · 4 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $3.7M reported
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.