St. Josemaria Institute
Legal name: St Jose Maria Institute
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208135314
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Downers Grove, IL, USA
- Phone
- 6305419742
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religious Printing, Publishing
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $99,720
- Expenses
- $57,387
- Assets
- $415,181
- 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
- REV JAVIER DEL CASTILLO (PRESIDENT)
- EDMUNDO MARTINEZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ELIA RIVERA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- DAN ANDERSON (BOARD MEMBER)
- ANNE M ANDERSON (BOARD MEMBER)
- RONALD CATTANY (BOARD MEMBER)
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
To promote the life and teachings of St. Josemaria Escriva and to increase devotion to him through the media. The St. Josemaria Institute was established in 2006 by **Midwest Theological Forum** to promote the life and teachings of St. Josemaria Escriva and to increase devotion to him. We are a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization that produces and distributes digital and print media inspired by St. Josemaria’s life and spirituality. Through our programs and resources, we aim to help our readers and friends benefit from St. Josemaria’s teachings in order to become living expressions of faith and enjoy life as Christians. “Don’t let your life be sterile. Be useful. Blaze a trail. Shine forth with the light of your faith and of your love … Light up all the ways of the earth with the fire of Ch.
What it reported doing in 2025
The production and distribution of materials about and by st. Josemaria, including a website, blog, dvds and books.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 48
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 81
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 40.4%; rating input score 40
- Program expense ratio: 59.8%; rating input score 60
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: 42.5%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.23; rating input score 89; 89th 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: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 40.4% of revenue deployed · 59.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $34K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.