The Catholic Advance
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 480543700
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2010
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010
- Location
- Wichita, KS, USA
- Phone
- 3162693900
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Roman Catholic
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $467,762
- Expenses
- $467,762
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To publish the catholic advance, a bi-weekly diocesan newspaper, which is distributed to parishioners throughout the catholic diocese of wichita.
What it reported doing in 2010
Publication of the catholic advance, a bi-weekly diocesan newspaper which is distributed to parishioners throughout the catholic diocese of wichita.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Affiliate-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 28
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 59th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 0%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 22.5%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $455K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $72K · 5 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.