North American Catholic Educational Programming Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223032456
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Johnston, RI, USA
Phone
4019341100
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religious Media, Communications
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$20,187,892
Expenses
$19,640,163
Assets
$138,611,273
Liabilities
$11,296,827

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN PRIMEAU (PRESIDENT, TREASURER & DIR)
  • KATHERINE PRIMEAU (V. PRESIDENT, SECRETARY &)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN PRIMEAU (PRESIDENT, TREASURER & DIR): $212,897 total reported compensation
  • LUZ CRISTINA GRAHAM (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, AD): $204,762 total reported compensation
  • KATHERINE PRIMEAU (V. PRESIDENT, SECRETARY &): $174,050 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Nacepf's educational broadband service ("ebs" 47 cfr 27.1203), formerly termed instructional television fixed service ("itfs" 47 cfr 74.901), provides educational and religious programming and broadband access services to schools, libraries, health, housing and rehabilitation facilities, and other public institutions and nonprofit organizations.

What it reported doing in 2024

During this fiscal year, nacepf and buildon continued their crucial work, providing equitable access to education for children and adults through nacepf's grant, which funded the construction of 20 schools in eight developing countries with 3,698 students attending. Each school was built in partnership with the community it served and the community committed to educate boys and girls in equal numbers. Through the addition of these new schools, learning conditions have improved, attendance and pass rates have risen, and more children have been enrolled in school. Additionally, nacepf also funded the launch of 15 adult literacy programs during the fiscal year, which provided 574 adults with the education and skills needed to better their own lives and positively contribute to their communities. To date, nacepf has now funded the construction of 80 primary schools and launched 50 adult literacy programs through its partnership with buildon.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 85% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 76% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 73
  • Accountability: 28
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.1%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 84.6%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 96.6%; rating input score 97; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.7%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.06; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.1% of revenue deployed · 84.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 2 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $16.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $213K · 5 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.6M reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 24 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 21 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.