The Adelphi Organization

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
751500245
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Quinlan, TX, USA
Phone
9725631346
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$80,193
Expenses
$115,853
Assets
$983,500
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michael Fay (Director, President)

People named in this filing

  • Michael Fay (Director, President)
  • John Asselin (Director, Treasurer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Adelphi Organization was founded to build and maintain a community where spiritual growth is facilitated through religious education and the practice of virtuous living in a supportive environment.

What it reported doing in 2025

We offer philosophy seminars, public question and answer sessions and other educational meetings. Some supplies are used for these meetings and classes and new member orientations. The supplies and rooms used facilitate our religious education mission. We also answer philosophy questions from the public by phone, email and through the mail. These expenses are included here. The members volunteer their time and energy to help provide these educational opportunities for each other and for the public.

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 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.9%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 66.4%; rating input score 66
  • 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -44.5%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.49; rating input score 62; 62nd 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 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.9% of revenue deployed · 66.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $77K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.