Knights of Columbus
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 770679683
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Holliston, MA, USA
- Rating
- 56
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $45,511
- Expenses
- $43,696
- Assets
- $17,520
- Liabilities
- $95
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
People named in this filing
- Thomas Brodo (Grand Knight)
- Charlie Paradie (Deputy Grand Knight)
- Anthony Polise (Treasurer)
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
Our nonprofit aids Holliston residents and nearby communities by providing donations and volunteer assistance to local and regional charitable groups. We collaborate with these organizations to enhance the well-being of individuals facing challenges locally and statewide. Our support system aims to positively impact the lives of those in need emphasizing community welfare.
What it reported doing in 2025
Our nonprofit organizes a community wide Annual Charity Raffle 50 50s and other small gaming events to raise funds for various charitable causes. The proceeds are donated to: A Holliston Pantry Shelf a community food bank serving nearly 600 people weekly and neighboring town food pantries; B Holliston Senior Support Foundation offering financial support and services to the Holliston Center aiding approximately 1,100 individuals with programs accessible to about 3,600 senior citizens; C MetroWest Veterans Services District providing diverse services to military veterans in Ashland Holliston Hopkinton and Medway MA; D Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism supporting around 10,000 individuals affected by autism annually through services and assistance and E OConnell House which provides support services to trafficked women.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 76% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 37
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 36.7%; rating input score 37
- Program expense ratio: 38.3%; rating input score 38
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 36.7% of revenue deployed · 38.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $17K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 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 37/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.