Fatela University Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812818649
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Miami, FL, USA
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$110,793
Expenses
$121,135
Assets
$36,758

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Miguel Angel Palomino (Rector Professor CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Miguel Angel Palomino (Rector Professor CEO)
  • Alex Fajardo (Decano Professor Chief Academic Off)
  • Fred Smith (Executive Committee Board Member at)

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

FATELA University exists to provide graduate educational opportunities in Christian Theology Missiology and Urban Church Planting to evangelical denomination pastors and lay leaders in Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries and communities. Courses are taught by highly qualified faculty most of whom hold terminal degrees via online and hybrid modalities. During the year FATELA offered 18 individual courses and generated 400+ registrations and served several hundred students.

What it reported doing in 2024

During the year FATELA offered 18 individual courses and generated 400+ registrations and served several hundred students. These were all graduate level courses in Christian Theology Missiology and Urban Church Planting to serve the educational and professional development needs of evangelical denomination pastors and lay leaders in Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries and communities. Courses are taught by highly qualified faculty most of whom hold terminal degrees via online and hybrid modalities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 69% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: -9.3%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 41.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $121K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.