Saint Thomas More Endowment and Development Fund Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
061549772
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Oakdale, CT, USA
Phone
8608591900
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,000
Expenses
$309,935
Assets
$5,249,781
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FRANCIS D ROBINSON (President)

People named in this filing

  • FRANCIS D ROBINSON (President)
  • MARK E BLOCK (Director)
  • JAMES HANRAHAN JR (Secretary/Treas)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Saint Thomas More Endowment and Development Fund, Inc., a non-profit organization, organized to hold and maintain the fixed assets and investments for the benefit of Saint Thomas More School, Inc., or one or more other organizations described in Section 509(a)(1) or 509(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code. The mission and purposes of the corporation are as follows: to protect and preserve the assets entrusted to its keeping for the St. Thomas More School; to investigate, choose and employ investment advisors and counselors and financial planners to provide for the conservation, orderly growth, and accumulation of the Endowment Fund; to investigate, devise and develop, fund and promote scholarships for students of St. Thomas More School as it deems appropriate; to foster and promote development activities; and to preserve and protect St. Thomas More School and to transfer funds as it deems necessary and advisable to promote the mission, goals, and operation of St. Thomas More School.

What it reported doing in 2024

Nonprofit organization formed to hold and maintain the fixed assets and investments for the benefit of St. Thomas More School, Inc., or one or more other organizations described in Section 509(a)(1) or 509(a)(2). The mission and purposes of the corporation are to protect and preserve the assets entrusted to its keeping for the St. Thomas More School; to investigate, choose and employ investment advisors and counselors and financial planners to provide for the conservation, orderly growth and accumulation of the Endowment fund; to investigate, devise and develop, fund and promote scholarships for students of St. Thomas More School as it deems appropriate; to foster and promote development activities; and to preserve and protect St. Thomas More School and to transfer funds as it deems necessary and advisable to promote the mission, goals, and operations of St. Thomas More School.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.8%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -1,139.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.94; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.2% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.3% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.5% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $309K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.