Convent of St Birgitta
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 832416886
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Columbus, OH, USA
- Phone
- 6148245807
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $868,809
- Expenses
- $98,141
- Assets
- $2,511,431
- Liabilities
- $752,539
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- MOTHER FABIA KATTAKAYAM OSSS (ABBESS GENERAL)
- SR PHILOMINA ULAHANNAN K (MOTHER ABBESS)
- SR LILLY SEBASTAIN (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
This corporation has been organized to operate on a non-profit basis for charitable and religious purposes, including maintain a convent for the sisters of the convent of st. Birgitta to promote the sisters' mission of a life in prayer and hospitality, encouraging the unity of all christians, caring for the hungry and poor, and living up to its motto of "amor meus crucifixus est" that epitomizes love of the word for humanity.
What it reported doing in 2024
In addition to carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders in perpetual prayer in the presence of our lord, the sisters also prepare over 250 hot meals 4 days a week for the holy family soup kitchen. That is 52,000 hot meals a year. At the core of the sisters' work is prayer, adoration of our lord, and hospitality for the unity of the church. This convent is a place of authentic catholic spiritual formation for men and women! Also, men and women volunteer to run the mini men's and women's retreats. They donate the food and supplies for the events. Volunteers come and sit and pray in front of our lord in adoration.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
SUPPORTED - 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 48
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 88
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 10.8%; rating input score 11
- Program expense ratio: 94.1%; rating input score 94
- Fundraising efficiency: $392.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 88.7%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 25.59; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 10.8% of revenue deployed · 94.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $92K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $831K reported
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 11/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.