Hartford International University for Religion and Peace

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
060647016
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Hartford, CT, USA
Phone
8605099500
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Graduate, Professional Schools (Separate Entities)
Affiliation
Interfaith

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,155,523
Expenses
$8,075,254
Assets
$82,452,242
Liabilities
$124,008

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

Leadership & pay

33 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR JOEL LOHR (PRESIDENT (UNTIL 06/30/25))

Highest reported compensation

  • DR JOEL LOHR (PRESIDENT (UNTIL 06/30/25)): $367,237 total reported compensation
  • DR DEENA GRANT (VP OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS): $181,313 total reported compensation
  • LORRAINE L RYAN (VP OF OPERATIONS): $125,829 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Hartford international university for religion and peace serves god: by preparing leaders, students, scholars and religious institutions to understand and live faithfully in today's multi-faith and pluralistic world; by teaching, research, informing the public and engaging persons in dialogue; by affirming the particularities of faith and social context while openly exploring differences and commonalities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Scholarly journals the muslim world is an academic publication on the study of isalm and christian-muslim relations that comes out four times per year. It is owned and edited by hartford international university for religion and peace (hiu), and published by wiley blackwell. The muslim world has paid subscribers via the wiley-blackwell sales program to library consortia and institutions had access through philanthropic programs unassociated with hiu. The muslim world seeks wide distribution of its journal to libraries around the world, and as large a readership as possible. We engage in no discriminatory practices regarding who has access to the muslim world, nor who is able to submit articles for possible publication. We do offer gratis subscriptions to libraries in developing countries upon their request through philanthropic licensing deals arranged through wiley-blackwell. Our goal in the upcoming year is to expand our market in asia, china, india, eastern europe and south america. Neither the publishers nor hiu, as editor of the muslim world deal directly with students in the publication of this journal, unless they have chosen to submit articles for consideration. All articles, regardless of who submits them, are sent to our refereed peer editorial review board. The board selects articles on the basis of academic merit and subject suitability alone.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 67
  • Accountability: 93
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.4%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 64.8%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 96%; rating input score 96; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.21; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.8%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.4% of revenue deployed · 64.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 24 of 25 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $367K · 33 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $541K reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 37 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.