The Center for Parish Leadership

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202371145
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2018
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Bloomington, MN, USA
Phone
2602242360
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Leadership Development
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,411
Expenses
$15,588
Assets
$38,500
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Heide Busse (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Heide Busse (Executive Director)
  • Shari Steffen (Chairperson)
  • Jerry Roth (Secretary)

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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Center for Parish Leadership provides a broad array of information around the practical aspects of parish life to help form and inform Catholic parish leaders. This includes leadership formation and training, consulting, collaboration and opportunities to grow in the Catholic faith such as retreats.

What it reported doing in 2018

The Center for Parish Leadership has been rebuilding through mission, vision and program planning in 2016 as it re-emerges as an active non-profit organization. The Center participated in the planning and deliverance of two conferences serving parish leaders in collaboration with the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. We also rebuilt our organization's website in 2016 to offer digital resources, education and training for Catholic Parish leaders. Several retreats and parish staff trainings have been lined up for 2017.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -546.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.47; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 83.1%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -134.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -42.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2016 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.