Lumen Catechetical Consultants Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521249808
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Silver Spring, MD, USA
- Phone
- 3015931066
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $826,440
- Expenses
- $827,747
- Assets
- $601,090
- Liabilities
- $2,795
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN M CAPOBIANCO (PRESIDENT)
- MARY BETH NEWKUMET (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JOHN M CAPOBIANCO (PRESIDENT): $171,527 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Lumen catechetical consultants, inc. Is a religious education consulting, publication, and production company. The company specializes in: (1) development of religious education materials (print, video, web) regarding catholic doctrine for use by parishses, diocese, catholic organizations, and families; and (2) production of religious videos, broadcasts, and livestream which promote catholic worship.
What it reported doing in 2024
Communications materials consulting, publication, and production for the archdiocese of Washington and other catholic organizations, via print, web, or video.lumen catechetical consultants, inc. Is dedicated to enriching the spiritual lives of individuals by offering comprehensive programs that illuminate the catholic faith. "the intimate path" guides participants through transformative stages of spiritual development, fostering a profound personal relationship with jesus christ. "life on sunday" emphasizes the pivotal role of sunday worship in nurturing faith, while "life after sunday" equips individuals to integrate their beliefs into everyday life. Through these initiatives, lumen empowers individuals to deepen their faith and actively engage within the church community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
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 a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 66
- Accountability: 40
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.8%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 90.4%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.2%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 20.7%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.8% of revenue deployed · 90.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $748K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $172K · 7 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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: 5 of 7 not reported.
- Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.