St Francis Mission

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 466000411
IRS 990 coverage: 2019–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2023
Location: St Francis, SD, USA
Phone: 6057472361
Rating: 82
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Standard
Sector: Roman Catholic

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $1,881,539
Expenses: $2,489,167
Assets: $8,825,112
Liabilities: $352,295

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Rodney Bordeaux (President)
Dick Schneider (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

Rodney Bordeaux (President): $85,939 total reported compensation
Harold Compton (Chief Operating Officer): $71,235 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To serve the Sicangu Lakota people of the Rosebud Reservation by addressing their spiritual and physical needs. To empower in friendship a positive community rooted in Lakota and Catholic values through faith, education and healing. We envision a vital and self-sufficient community where values flourish in harmony.

What it reported doing in 2024

Socio - Pastoral and Youth Activities We provide Religious Education and Sacramental Preparation to the youth and adults through classes in four elementary schools and classes held in our facilities for the adults. We have Youth Groups that works with our communities and coordinates with the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in activities that inspire youth and young adults in social and cultural activities, suicide prevention, and assist with Catholic Body, Mind and Souls camps in the summer to teach Catholic faith and prayer while incorporating Lakota values and spirituality. Our ministry will be working to develop stronger families through Sunday services, going to homes and meeting with families and the elderly. Oftentimes spirituality/mass is taken to those homebound.We work to impart a strong spiritual community and work to build a society free from drugs and alcohol, by hosting a Recovery Center working through AA, NA, and a family program working through alcohol and drug addiction.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 90% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 75
Transparency & Controls: 100
Accountability: 91
Sustainability: 38
Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 91.5%; rating input score 92
Program expense ratio: 67.4%; rating input score 67
Fundraising efficiency: $3.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 12; 12th 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: -32.3%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.55; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 6.3%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 91.5% of revenue deployed · 67.4% of spending went to programs
Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.7M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $86K · 13 people listed
Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and related organizations
Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
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.

High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 12/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.
Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.