Catholic Order of Foresters

Overview

Mission

Catholic Order of Foresters’ mission statement: We bring Catholic values to life by providing financial security for our members while inspiring them to grow in faith, service, and community. For more information about this program, contact Vice President of Investments Michael Deering. “Our mission at Divine Mercy University is to bring faith and the wisdom of the Church regarding the human person into the field of mental health. Since partnering with Catholic Order of Foresters, we have more than doubled our enrollment, acquired and renovated our permanent campus, and begun two new programs. Catholic Order of Foresters’ support has been invaluable in making that happen. They uniquely blend the provision of financial resources with professionalism and a desire to serve the Church’s mission in critical areas. Many institutions talk about their commitment to clients, but Catholic.

Operating model

Revenue model

Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.

Distribution model

Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: 0
• Transparency & Controls: 87
• Accountability: 95
• Sustainability: 46
• Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
• Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $105.1M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $747K · 32 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Consistency: 14 of 16 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
• Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
• Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 32 filed money-flow records
• 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.
• Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

• High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
• High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
• High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.