Immaculata University
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 231352648
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Immaculata, PA, USA
- Phone
- 6106474400
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- University or Technological Institute
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $61,924,018
- Expenses
- $57,961,830
- Assets
- $93,841,797
- Liabilities
- $45,672,413
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
37 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BARBARA LETTIERE (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- BARBARA LETTIERE (PRESIDENT): $229,161 total reported compensation
- AMY BOSIO (VP FINANCE & ADMINISTRATIO): $218,494 total reported compensation
- SUSAN ARNOLD (VP OF ADVANCEMENT): $201,292 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Immaculata University, rooted in the Catholic faith and the tradition of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, educates students to be reflective leaders and responsible contributors in a global society.
What it reported doing in 2024
To educate and provide related services to students. In the fall term of academic year 2024/2025, this program benefitted 2,532 of whom 1,065 were traditional undergraduate and 880 graduate students. This program also contributed toward the graduation of 564 students during academic year 2024/2025.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 67% for direct work, and 33% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.4%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 76.7%; rating input score 77
- Fundraising efficiency: $8.36 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: 6.4%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.62; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 70.4% of revenue deployed · 76.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 26 of 26 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $44.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $229K · 37 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $6.9M reported
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 11 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: 10 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 37/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.