Schoenstatt Movement of San Antonio

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470929048
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Helotes, TX, USA
Phone
2106951400
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$51,742
Expenses
$69,946
Assets
$997,783
Liabilities
$8,313

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARGARET OUSSET (PRESIDENT)
  • ALFREDO GARCIA (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARGARET OUSSET (PRESIDENT)
  • ALFREDO GARCIA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PAM RAINES (SECRETARY)

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

A movement that involves lay people, priests and religious; offers formation and spirituality in the catholic faith. Our charism as a community might be summed up with these words: love of mary, love of the church, love of the mission of christ for the world and society.

What it reported doing in 2024

Schoenstatt is a roman catholic international movement that strives to live the gospel of jesus christ through the example and guidance of blessed mother mary. She is at the heart of the movement and is very active in the schoenstatt shrine, a place of grace and source of life for our spirituality and work. Schoenstatt is deeply marian and has repeatedly experienced how this spiritual love opens new avenues to a vibrant relationship with christ, to the holy spirit, to god the father and to a renewal of love of neighbor and self.schoenstatt, a german word for "beautiful place", is a movement that involves lay people, priests, and religious, with special branches for boys and girls' youth and for the sick. The schoenstatt movement offers formation and spirituality in the catholic faith including monthly group meetings and days of reflection for women, couples and youth serving the archdiocese of san antonio and the surrounding areas including brownsville, laredo, del rio, victoria, amarillo and northern mexico. Schoenstatt serves thousands of visitors to the cor unum in patre shrine, mount schoenstatt center and hope religious store, located in helotes, Texas, yearly. In nearby san antonio, a city wayside shrine is located on ave maria street. All are open daily through the generous commitment of dozens of volunteers.our charisma as a community might be summed up with these words: love of mary, love of the church, love of the mission of christ for the world and society.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 47
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: -35.2%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.27; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $70K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.