Knights of Columbus St John Bosco Council #12846
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 912135607
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Springfield, VA, USA
- Phone
- 4016447128
- Rating
- 39
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $42,672
- Expenses
- $41,369
- Assets
- $115,578
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
People named in this filing
- Mark Lawton (Grand Knight)
- Mark Menotti (Financial Secretary)
- David Hayes (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Thanks to the efforts of Father Michal J. McGivney, assistant pastor of St. Mary's Church in New Haven and some of his parishioners, the Connecticut State Legislature on March 29, 1882, officially charter the Knights of Columbus as a fraternal benefit society. The order is still true to its founding principles of charity, unity and fraternity. The Knights of Columbus was former to render financial aid to member and their families. Mutual aid and assistance are offered to the sick, disabled and needy members and their families. Social and intellectual fellowship is promoted among the members and their families through educational, charitable, social welfare, war relief and public relief works. The KofC have become the world's foremost Catholic fraternal benefit society. The order has helped families obtain economic security and stability.
What it reported doing in 2025
Wellness Programs: Culture of Life-The protection of Human Life. The Knights of Columbus is unambiguously and proudly pro-life. In accordance with the teachings of the Catholic Church, the order defends human life from the moment of conception until natural death. Building a new Culture of Life where every human life is welcomed, respected and protected by law is one of the highest priorities of the order. Community of Involvement-The history of the Knights of Columbus' involvement in community life is a record of outstanding benevolent achievement. Knights volunteer in a variety of charitable enterprises to serve the people and programs of their communities, families, young people and brother Knights. Much of the success of the Orders volunteer record can be attributed to the fact that the Supreme Council does not mandate participation in any volunteer initiative. Fraternal and charitable programs arise at the grassroots level to meet the local needs. As the Order has grown, its benevolence has increased. The Order continues to break all of its previous records for charitable contributions and volunteer service. The results of the orders annual Survey of Fraternal Activity for the year ending 2010 show that total contributions to charity at all levels reached nearly $155,00,000. In the past decade, Knights have raised and donated nearly $1.25 billion to numerous charitable causes and volunteered nearly 400 million hours of service. The Council provided more than 4,600 volunteer hours in supporting community projects.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.1%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.79; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.