Society of St. Vincent De Paul Cleveland
Legal name: Diocesan Council Society of Svdp Cleveland Diocese
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 510434414
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Cleveland, OH, United States
- Phone
- (216) 696-6525 ext. 3150
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,746,264
- Expenses
- $4,407,104
- Assets
- $5,006,441
- Liabilities
- $60,634
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- EOIN HERLIHY (PRESIDENT)
- LOGAN RIFE (VICE PRESIDENT)
- GARY SOLE (FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- JACK BEDELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JACK BEDELL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $49,611 total reported compensation
- GARY SOLE (FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $38,921 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 Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Diocese of Cleveland, is a network of volunteers rooted in Gospel values, committed to growing in holiness and serving neighbors in need throughout Northeast Ohio. Our Mission A network of friends, inspired by gospel values, growing in holiness and building a more just world through personal relationships with and service to people in need. A network of friends, inspired by gospel values, growing in holiness and building a more just world through personal relationships with and service to people in need. That mission guides everything we do. From home visits and hunger relief to furniture deliveries and utility assistance, we believe in meeting people face to face, listening before acting, and loving without distinction.
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2024-2025, it is estimated that 58 st. Vincent de paul parish groups in northeast Ohio helped 134,257 people, made 43,878 visits to people, and provided $2,482,590 in food, furniture, and emergency help; along with $1,025,103 in eviction/homelessness prevention. These local neighborhood svdp groups had 1,625 active volunteers in eight counties of northeast Ohio. Svdp members spent approximately 101,289 hours in this ministry and service worth more than an estimated $3,523,844 ($34.79 per hour).
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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 filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.6%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
- Fundraising efficiency: $34.74 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: 7.1%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.14; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 88.6% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $50K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.