Sisters of St. Joseph - Mombasa
Legal name: Sisters of St Joseph of the Catholic Archdiocese
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 871238624
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Cheltenham, PA, USA
- Phone
- 4842689300
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Roman Catholic
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $294,095
- Expenses
- $265,954
- Assets
- $72,180
- Liabilities
- $5,888
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MUMBUA SIMON (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ELIZABETH KITHUVA (DIRECTOR)
- GLADYS FRIDAY (DIRECTOR)
- SOPHY MWACHOFI (DIRECTOR)
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
The Sisters of St. Joseph of the catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa are called by God, chosen and consecrated to evangelize the world in simplicity, by engaging in varied apostolate that enhance holistic human development. Our vision is to become signs of God’s tender love and living witnesses of Christ. Mission Our mission is to witness Christ to the world in simplicity, prayer and service to God through His people, by engaging in varied apostolates that enhance holistic human development. To achieve this, we live and work among ordinary people, guided by God’s spirit, subjecting ourselves under the patronage and model of St. Joseph and following in the footsteps of our foundresses. Our whole life is therefore permeated with apostolic spirit and our apostolic actions are guided by the spirituality of our institute.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Sisters provided support and necessities while working in hospitals, assisting HIV/AIDS-affected individuals by supplying medical materials, food, water, books, school supplies, tuition assistance, and transportation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 71% for direct work, and 29% for member benefits.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 93
- Transparency & Controls: 91
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.6%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 99.1%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: $125.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- 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: 9.6%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 36.1% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 44.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 89.6% of revenue deployed · 99.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $264K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.