Avila Institute

Overview

Mission

Under the patronage of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the mission of the Avila Institute is to draw Christians worldwide into deeper union with Christ through mystagogically oriented spiritual education and formation. 1. “A Catholic University, like every university, is a community of scholars representing various branches of human knowledge. It is dedicated to research, to teaching, and to various kinds of service in accordance with its cultural mission.” 2. “A Catholic University, as Catholic, informs and carries out its research, teaching, and all other activities with Catholic ideals, principles and attitudes. It is linked with the Church either by a formal, constitutive and statutory bond or by reason of an institutional commitment made by those responsible for it.” 3. “Every Catholic University is to make known its Catholic identity, either in a mission statement or in some other...

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.

Distribution model

Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 26
• Transparency & Controls: 65
• Accountability: 62
• Sustainability: 37
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 26.7% of revenue deployed · 27.9% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 4 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $827K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $172K · 8 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $161K reported
• Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
• Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
• Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
• 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 27/100.
• High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 28/100.
• High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
• High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 14/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
• High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.