Saint John Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473966731
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Englewood, CO, USA
Phone
3037867695
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,019,197
Expenses
$1,997,869
Assets
$3,262,774
Liabilities
$1,121,034

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Nathan Cromly (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Nathan Cromly (President): $9,103 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To inspire, equip, and engage Christians to lead in family, business, and culture through innovative formation programs and communities. This is done through Eagle Eye Ministries, Saint John Leadership Institute, Saint John Leadership Network, and Dare Great Things.

What it reported doing in 2025

The impact of our programs included 150 in-person live events with 11,500 attendees. We hosted SJIs Executive Leadership Workshops, added 3 new partners to our Corporate Partner Program and expanded the workshops and program offering. We increased the number of date nights to 7 aimed at strengthening marriages in OH and CO. Continued our MBLS leadership series with external and internal speakers, Facilitated the Mens Ski Hut Retreat, Womens Mountain Leadership Retreats, Mens Conference, Womens Conference, and spoke to numerous business and religious groups, SJI Chapters, Churches and Legatus groups across the country. We also hired a Development Director.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 61.8%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.22 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 1.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.5%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62% of revenue deployed · 61.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $9K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.