Holy Family Institute
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 250984606
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Phone
- 412-766-4030
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Family Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $28,706,912
- Expenses
- $27,439,825
- Assets
- $16,607,161
- Liabilities
- $1,952,021
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SR LINDA YANKOSKI CSFN EDD (CEO (EX-OFFICIO))
- MICHAEL SEXAUER (PRESIDENT (EX-OFFICIO))
Highest reported compensation
- SR LINDA YANKOSKI CSFN EDD (CEO (EX-OFFICIO)): $278,509 total reported compensation
- MICHAEL SEXAUER (PRESIDENT (EX-OFFICIO)): $263,700 total reported compensation
- MARK PALASTRO (CFO (RESIGNED 12/2024)): $194,557 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Rooted in the rich tradition of Catholic social teaching and the heritage of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, we empower children and families to lead responsible lives and develop healthy and meaningful relationships built on faith, hope and love.
What it reported doing in 2024
Holy family institute provides a wide range of programs to improve the lives of children and families, from helping youth succeed in school and in the workplace, to supporting families dealing with trauma isolation and poverty. These life-changing services are provided where they are needed most: in homes, in schools, and in the community. Holy family institute is fully accredited by the council of accreditation (coa). Holy family institute offers journey of hope program. Educational programs, in-home services and utility assistance programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 78% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 88
- Accountability: 93
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.5%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 85.5%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $60.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- 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: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.4%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 81.5% of revenue deployed · 85.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $23.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $279K · 19 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 4 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.