Catholic Life Ministries Northwest

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911549985
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
5097316012
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$126,379
Expenses
$115,888
Assets
$102,012
Liabilities
$610

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT FONTANA (PRESIDENT)
  • JAN SIERS ITTES (VICE-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ROBERT FONTANA (PRESIDENT)
  • LORI FONTANA (SECRETARY)
  • PAULA THIEL (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

See schedule o

What it reported doing in 2024

FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 31 - STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS SPIRITUAL DIRECTION - Catholic Life Ministries NW offers spiritual direction to people who want to deepen their spiritual life and discern a direction / course of action for their daily lives. The spiritual director walks with the directee to explore the role of God in her / his life and to discover ways to draw strength and purpose from their relationship with God. The spiritual director works with whatever spirituality the client brings and helps the client to uncover the value of spirituality in their own life. Spiritual direction is about helping clients become the best version of themselves, the person that they want to be. Client hours: 37 / Income: $2,800 / Expenses: $31

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 program spending has grown recently. 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: 14
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13.7%; rating input score 14
  • Program expense ratio: 15.2%; rating input score 15

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.3%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 72.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.7% of revenue deployed · 15.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $18K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 14/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.