Fatima Center USA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821944685
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Buffalo, NY, USA
Phone
9058717607
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,455,856
Expenses
$898,059
Assets
$1,222,116
Liabilities
$16,869

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSEPH DIZILLO (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANDREW CESANEK (Secretary): $44,722 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Fatima Center USA Inc. promotes the message delivered by the Blessed Virgin Mary in her apparitions in Fatima Portugal in 1917; and more generally the traditional teachings & practices of the Roman Catholic Church

What it reported doing in 2025

Promoted the message delivered by the Blessed Virgin Mary in her apparitions in Fatima Portugal in 1917; and more generally, the traditional teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church to that end. FCUSA cooperated with the Nat. Committee for the Nat.Pilgrim Virgin of Canada NPV in organizing and running conferences creating and distributing hundreds of thousands of pieces of free literature including the Fatima Crusader magazine rosaries and other sacramentals and creating video and other content for a website Youtube channel and Facebook page. By its efforts FCUSA reaches hundreds of thousands of supporters and other interested individuals in the US and inter- nationally with the message of Our Lady of Fatima.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

MIXED - Revenue comfortably covers expenses and revenue has grown recently. 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: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 50
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 34.8%; rating input score 35
  • Program expense ratio: 56.3%; rating input score 56
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 38.3%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.36; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.3% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 34.8% of revenue deployed · 56.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $506K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $45K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 35/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.