International Catholic Jurists Forum Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821024987
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Naples, FL, USA
Phone
7348270943
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Roman Catholic
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$46,060
Expenses
$58,544
Assets
$88,836
Liabilities
$1,838

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jane Adolphe (President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Trustee)
  • Michael Vacca (Vice President and Trustee)

People named in this filing

  • Jane Adolphe (President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Trustee)
  • Michael Vacca (Vice President and Trustee)
  • John Klink (Trustee)

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

The International Catholic Jurists Forum (ICJF) was established to produce, compile, and share resources on fundamental human rights under attack in the regional and international human rights protection systems. It operates as a forum for Catholic jurists and scholars to study, research, and discuss moral issues of the day related to attacks on the rights of the family, life, and religious freedom. This mission is inspired by the Holy See's document, The Charter of the Rights of the Family, which articulates fundamental principles, rights, and duties knowable by right reason as illuminated by faith.

What it reported doing in 2025

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES: The International Catholic Jurists Forum (ICJF) conducts international conferences for Catholic jurists and experts, and participates in similar conferences by other organizations: October 1-3, 2026, A Natural Law Discussion: From the Ancients to Contemporary Thought: The Crisis and Renewal of Natural Law in the Modern World: Key Themes and Challenges for Church and State, Universita Europea di Roma, Rome, Italy. June 18 - July 3, 2026. ICJF sponsored Dr. Fulvio Di Blasi (an ICJF Advisor) to attend the 32nd World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR), in Istanbul, Turkey, hosted at Kadir Has University. He participated on panel discussions regarding the natural law which was proposed for the conference by Diego Poole of the Iuris Naturalis Societas. February 2026 - President of ICFJ spoke at the February Session of the Lumine de Lumine Foundation on the need for a natural law conference under the larger theme "Papa Leone XIV: Recuperare S. Agostino." November 6-7, 2025, The 5th Biennial Conference on Religion and Politics, Supreme Guarantee against All Abuses of Power?, Question of God and Existence of Politics, In Memory of John Paul II, co-organized and co-sponsored as Subsidium-ICJF with organizers: The Institute of Political Science and Public Administration of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Ave Maria School of Law, Naples, Florida, USA, Collegium Interethnicum (Poland), in Warsaw, Poland. September 25-27, 2025, Truth, Freedom of Speech, and Modern-day Censorship, co-sponsored as Subsidium-ICJF with Ralston College, The Ruth Institute, Ave Maria School of Law, Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam), held in Washington, D.C. July 13-18, 2025, First World Congress of the Ius Naturalis Societas: Natural Law and Human Rights co-sponsored as Subsidium-ICJF with the organizer: Ius Naturalis Societas held at the Colegio Mayor San Paolo, Madrid, Spain. April 30 -May 05, 2025, Natural Law Summer School: Justice and Solidarity, co-sponsored as Subsidium-ICJF with the organizers: The Department of Philosophy of Law and Legal Ethics, and The Department of Roman Law and Its Centre For Law and Religious Freedom at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. October 24-26, 2024, Man and Woman in the Order of Creation, co-sponsored with the Office of the President of Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, The Department of Theology of Franciscan University, Ethics and Public Policy Center, and The Mary Elizabeth Charitable Trust, held at Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio. June 20-22, 2024, Gender Ideology and Pastoral Care: Towards the Creation of A New Pastoral Handbook for Clergy and Ministry Leaders on Questions Related to Gender Ideology, co-sponsored with Ethics and Public Policy Center, Ave Maria School of Law, and the Catholic Information Center, Washington, D.C. November 30 - 1 December 2023: co-sponsor of the 4th Biennial International Conference on Religion and Politics: A New, Even More Brave World... The Hope of Faith and the Hope of Politics. In Memory of Pope Benedict XVI, International Political Science Association, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland. 16 September 2023: International Expert Meeting (on-line): Reflections on key themes in the working document for the Synod on Synodality, namely the Instrumentum Laboris of the 16th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (May 29). 8-10 December 2022: International Expert Meeting: A Response to the Pontifical Academy for Life's Publication: Etica teologica della Vita. Scritture, tradizione, sfide pratiche (live streamed event) Rome, Italy, Co-sponsored by Ave Maria School of Law, Ave Maria University, Ethics for Public Policy Center, Person & Identity Project. In 2022, ICJF organized two (2) international conferences, both conducted in Rome, Italy. Three (3) "on-line" conferences were conducted in 2021. In March of 2020 (prior to CO

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -27.1%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -28% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $59K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.