Joseph M Sorg Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 992010419
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Buffalo, NY, USA
- Phone
- 7162491387
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $107,316
- Expenses
- $49,810
- Assets
- $151,292
- Liabilities
- $14,950
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Michael Reister (President)
People named in this filing
- Michael Reister (President)
- William Fraught (Board member)
- Christina Mondolfo (Secretary)
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 organization preserves and restores St. Louis Church, including major projects such as stained-glass and roof restoration. It promotes public appreciation of the church's architectural, cultural, historic, and religious significance and supports community programs that enhance local quality of life through use of the church complex.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of St. Louis Church, a historic and cultural landmark. Activities include maintaining and restoring key architectural features such as stained-glass windows and the roof, as well as promoting public appreciation of the church's architectural, historic, and religious significance. The organization also supports community programs and events that enhance local quality of life through use of the church complex.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 46.4%; rating input score 46
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: 53.6%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.04; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 166.8% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 25.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 63% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 46.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $50K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.