Catholic Foundation of the Dioceses of St Augustine Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 593271754
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Jacksonville, FL, USA
- Phone
- 9042623200
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,666,688
- Expenses
- $3,210,148
- Assets
- $57,275,856
- Liabilities
- $588,617
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
25 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MOST REV ERIK T POHLMEIER (PRESIDENT)
- PATRICIA DISANDRO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- STEPHEN BELL (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $230,591 total reported compensation
- PATRICIA DISANDRO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $141,306 total reported compensation
- DEACON MICHAEL ELISON (CHANCELLOR UNTIL 8/2024): $90,366 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 catholic foundation builds a christ-centered future for the good works of the church in north Florida through inspired charitable giving.
What it reported doing in 2024
The catholic foundation serves the diocese of st. Augustine by:- establishing and managing permanently endowed restricted and unrestricted funds that provide annual disbursements to parishes, schools, and ministries- offering charitable gift annuities that provide the faithful with fixed income payments for life- supporting the good works of our church through grantmaking - a process where the board of directors reviews and awards grants for projects proposed by catholic entities
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 69% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 65
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.7%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 85.2%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th 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: 81.9%; rating input score 82; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 78.9%; rating input score 79; 14th 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: -20.4%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 17.84; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.7% of revenue deployed · 85.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 19 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $231K · 25 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 31 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 31 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: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 11/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.