Society for Catholic Liturgy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300023733
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Roman Catholic
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $93,277
- Expenses
- $67,253
- Assets
- $88,503
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Fr James Bradley (President)
- Fr David Friel (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Fr James Bradley (President)
- Fr David Friel (Vice President)
- Fr Michael Wurtz (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Society for Catholic Liturgy is a multidisciplinary association of Catholic scholars, teachers, pastors, and professionals - including architects and musicians - in the Anglophone world. Founded in 1995, the non-profit Society is committed to promoting scholarly study and practical renewal of the Church's liturgy.
What it reported doing in 2025
SLC hosts an annual conference to discuss current topics related to the Liturgy. 2025 Conference was attended by 149 participants from around the world for the three-day event. The SCL also provides networking opportunities for member as well as sharing information about new publications. Membership totals are Full Members-71, associate members-54, and student member 29. SCL publishes Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal three times annually by the Catholic University of America Press. Full and Associate members receive print and digital editions, and student members receive past digital editions.
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 98% 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 a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 53.9%; rating input score 54
- Program expense ratio: 74.8%; rating input score 75
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 27.9%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.32; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 53.9% of revenue deployed · 74.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $50K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.