Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral
Legal name: Cathedral Close Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463632762
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2020
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, United States
- Phone
- (215) 386-0234
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Real Estate Associations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $412,181
- Expenses
- $1,130,307
- Assets
- $11,356,235
- Liabilities
- $8,305,662
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- THE VERY REV JUDITH A SULLIVAN (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- THE VERY REV JUDITH A SULLIVAN (PRESIDENT): $148,714 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Whatever brings you here, you are most welcome! We are all on a journey, and we look forward to learning more about yours. There is a place for you in this diverse, loving community. At the heart of our cathedral's identity is the ministry of hospitality. We are the mother church for the Diocese of Pennsylvania and host many of the Diocesan events - ordinations, renewal of vows for clergy, confirmations and more. Beyond that, we extend a warm welcome to all. We have various caring ministries to support our local community and we are a worshipping community that has room for you. Our excellent music and arts program is for the glory of God and will lift your spirit in worship. Kids in a Wagon A Place for All Ages.
What it reported doing in 2020
The organization built and maintains a property used by the affiliated cathedral. The property consists of a day care center, the cathedral's community center and administrative offices. The community center functions as the central space for the cathedral to carry out its current and expanding community and social service ministries. The office space and daycare center generates income to fund the project and further support the cathedral's mission.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% 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 related-organization disclosures are missing and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 83
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -174.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.05; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.73; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $149K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 17 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2020
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.