Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
660191965
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Ponce, PR, USA
Phone
7876512000
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
University or Technological Institute
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$71,352,789
Expenses
$67,234,451
Assets
$192,785,342
Liabilities
$30,304,286

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

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSE A FRONTERA AGENJO (PRESIDENT PUCPR)
  • FELIX CORTES MORALES (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • P OBISPO RUBEN GONZALEZ MEDINA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MONS ANGEL LUIS RIOS MATOS (BOARD PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOSE A FRONTERA AGENJO (PRESIDENT PUCPR): $161,395 total reported compensation
  • LUIS V BADILLO LOZANO (DEAN ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL): $133,482 total reported compensation
  • FERNANDO MORENO ORAMA (DEAN LAW SCHOOL): $117,665 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The university accomplished their mission trough a dynamic educational experience, critical and creative, surrounded by christian friendship and committed to find the answers and solutions to the challenge of the culture, the caribbean, global and puerto rican reality.

What it reported doing in 2024

Postsecondary education - the pontifical catholic university of puerto rico is an institution of higher education. Its main purpose is to serve puerto rico as a university and catholic institution. The university aims among other things: provide students with the opportunity to acquire humanistic-christian formation that will guarantee their presence in society as conscious members of human values in the light of the mystery of christ. Contribute to the christian education of leaders in different professions in accordance with the believe of the roman catholic church. Serve all believers in puerto rico by beign an effective help in schools, colleges, seminaries and cultural centers. To serve as guide of catholic culture in this country. Contribute to the preparation of professionals in the field of education to help enrich our education system.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 88% 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

STRONG - 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: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: Pass
    • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.8%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.87; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $67.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $161K · 26 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.5M reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D revenue reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.