St Patrick's Day Observance Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 232652550
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023
- Location
- Media, PA, USA
- Phone
- 6103582727
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Promotion of International Understanding
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $132,089
- Expenses
- $213,247
- Assets
- $95,137
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARY BETH BONNER RYAN (PRESIDENT)
- KAREN BOYCE MCCOLLUM (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
- KATHLEEN M FANNING (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- FR KEVIN J GALLAGHER (CHAPLAIN)
- SISTER JAMES ANNE FEERICK I H M (CHAPLAIN)
- JOHN A STEVENSON (EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 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. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To advocate, encourage, and promote an appreciation of the life, works and accomplishments of the patron saint of ireland, saint patrick. To create public interest and inspire an imitation of the philosophy, character, teachings, and virtues of saint patrick. To publicize the cause and motives that prompted the preachings and crusading of saint patrick. To cause such observance, which in good taste, will properly commemorate the feast of saint patrick on the 17th of march each year, or on a day or days designated by the board of directors. To arrange and cause to be conducted public exercises by means of luncheons, dinners, peaceful assemblage, and parades to memorialize the glories of saint patrick. To inculcate in the citizens of metropolitan philadelphia, as a result of saint patrick's day observance, a deeper patriotism and belief in our american form of government.
What it reported doing in 2023
Arrange and conduct luncheons, dinners, and public proclamations to memorialize the glories of saint patrick and our irish heritage. We conducted a luncheon, several dinners, and one public proclamation. Number in attendance for all events was approximately 500 people.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 67% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 75% for direct work, and 25% for grants.
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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 91.7%; rating input score 92
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -61.4%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $196K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 24 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.