Emmaus Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
854212693
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
7183995985
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$103
Expenses
$2,031
Assets
$731,272
Liabilities
$1,050,522

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSEPH GIBINO (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JOSEPH GIBINO (PRESIDENT)
  • DEACON JOHN CANTIRINO (DIRECTOR)
  • CHRISTIAN RADA (SECRETARY/TREASURY)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The emmaus center is a forum to highlight the true, the good, and the beautiful as they have been expressed throughout the ages. Catholic and non-catholic alike, intellectually, artistically, and spiritually through art, music, performance, worship, and celebration.

What it reported doing in 2025

In prior years, the emmaus center hosted multiple events to further the evangelization of the diocese. The center also recorded content on a weekly basis to reach a wide audience to further the mission of evangelization. Additionally, the emmaus center hosted events for religious groups throughout the diocese. The organization is winding down operations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 82
  • Accountability: 47
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: -1,871.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 360.06; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.44; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -54.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -51% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.