Knights of Columbus Council No 1226

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237142651
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Las Cruces, NM, USA
Phone
5756494211
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$45,386
Expenses
$39,817
Assets
$253,192
Liabilities
$33

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ROBERT DIMATTEO (4TH DEGREE-1 YEAR TRUSTEE)
  • VICTOR M APODACA (4TH DEGREE-2 YEAR TRUSTEE)
  • EDWARD FRAGOSO (4TH DEGREE-3 YEAR 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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of the organization is: (1) rendering pecuniary aid to its members, their families and beneficiaries of members and their families;(2) rendering mutual aid and assistance to its sick, disabled and needy members and their families; (3) promoting social and intellectual intercourse among its members and their families, and (4) promoting and conducting educational, charitable, religious, social welfare, war relief and welfare, and public relief work.

What it reported doing in 2024

Benefits and functions - programs that promote fellowship among members. The activities promote christian values to the members and aid in uniting families of the organization. Excess funds aid other nonprofit organizations, seminarians, catholic priests, catholic schools or other knights of columbus members who have demonstrated need based on distressed circumstances.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 50% for direct work, and 50% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.4%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 92.5%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 70.2%; rating input score 70; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.36; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.4% of revenue deployed · 92.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.