Friends of the Collegio
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 474473775
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Dupont, WA, USA
- Phone
- 3608908429
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $169,409
- Expenses
- $133,677
- Assets
- $53,484
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Gregory Ramon Gaston (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Gregory Ramon Gaston (Executive Director)
- Carmela A Koon (Executive Secretary)
- Arlene Gotera (Board Director)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Exclusively to raise funds for the operational needs of the Pontificio Collegio Filipino in Rome. Proceeds will be to support quality training of priests with residence in the Pontifical College and support the different needs of the Pontifical Philippine College.
What it reported doing in 2025
Scholarships and quality training and education of student priests residing at the Pontifical Philippine College in Rome. There were 55 student priests who availed quality training and education residing at the Pontifical Philippine College. Operational expenses like facility updates, board and lodging, medical, transportation and tuition fees were included.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.8%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 89.8%; rating input score 90
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: 21.1%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -16.4% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 70.8% of revenue deployed · 89.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $120K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.