Saint Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
542024049
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Charlottesville, VA, USA
Phone
4348068663
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$100,891
Expenses
$112,988
Assets
$181,161
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jorge Secada (President)

People named in this filing

  • Matthew W Hantzmon (Member of the Board of Directors)
  • Stephen Reardon (Member of the Board of Directors)
  • Karen Robinson (Member of the Board of Directors)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote Catholic intellectual life.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Fellowship Program offered graduate students high-level exposure to Catholic theology, collaboration sessions, subject-specific presentations and roundtables. On average, approximately 20 students participated in 8 events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 30.7%; rating input score 31
  • Program expense ratio: 23.7%; rating input score 24

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.6; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 39.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 33.9% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 33.7% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 30.7% of revenue deployed · 23.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $27K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.