Belen Jesuit Preparatory School

Legal name: Belen Jesuit Preparatory School Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
590998339
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2014
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2014
Location
Miami, FL, US
Phone
305.223.8600
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Secondary, High School
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$27,791,869
Expenses
$25,284,040
Assets
$43,846,695
Liabilities
$23,413,681

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FATHER PEDRO SUAREZ SJ (DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CAROL A VILA (DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY): $147,135 total reported compensation
  • CAROLINA CALDERIN (DIRECTOR): $138,872 total reported compensation
  • FATHER PEDRO SUAREZ SJ (DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT): $130,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Belen Jesuit Preparatory School is a Catholic, college-preparatory school in the Jesuit tradition, dedicated to forming young men of faith, intellect, and service.

What it reported doing in 2014

Private middle/high religious school -- 1487 students

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 88% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 88%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.73; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 80% of revenue deployed · 88% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $147K · 10 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.2M reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2009 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.