Knights of Columbus

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237108361
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Mchenry, IL, USA
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$92,569
Expenses
$80,115
Assets
$118,229
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Thomas Bohn (Grand Knight)
  • Michael Hemesath (Financial Secretary)
  • James Nielsen (Deputy Grand Knight)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Holiday Meals program: Thanksgiving Christmas Food for the needy. We delivered nearly 1000 box of food for the needy with an average value off $65 per box. This is to support our local community and churches within our community. Some of the recipients in the area are FISH Home of the Sparrow Various veterans homes Pioneer Center and many single families throughout the area that have requested through their local charitable organizations.

What it reported doing in 2024

Holiday Meals program: Thanksgiving Christmas Food for the needy. We delivered nearly 1000 boxes of food for the needy with an average value off $65 per box. This is to support our local community and churches within our community. Some of the recipients in the area are FISH Home of the Sparrow Various veterans homes Pioneer Center and many single families throughout the area that have requested through their local charitable organizations

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 88% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 87% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 86.1%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.5%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.48; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69% of revenue deployed · 86.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $69K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.