The Cranaleith Spiritual Center

What it reported doing in 2025

Cranaleith serves members of the diverse philadelphia community who seek connection, inspiration and hope by offering programming, events and retreats intentionally designed to address the spiritual needs of our times. The center's state-of-the-art conference center and 10 acres of beautiful grounds serve as a peaceful, natural site supporting contemplative practices that lead to action. In fiscal year 2025-2026, cranaleith hosted a site-total of 216 groups, totaling 4,106 individual visits.cranaleith spiritual center's communities of practice (cop) addresses the growing need for professional development and personal renewal among individuals in high-stress professions, offering 12 programs for 144 participants. The cop initiative aims to provide a sanctuary for reflection, healing, and growth, particularly for those in healthcare, education, social work, and business sectors. Programs offered during the past year included: journey to healing: grief and resilience ; hopeful living ; camaraderie in the workplace ; rediscovering your vocation as a catholic school teacher ; compassionate action ; sacred work ; understanding the dynamics of leadership roles ; bringing hope to life by connecting to your visions ; faith and the mercy charism ; supporting actors in the story of hope ; care of the hopeful heart: resilience & well-being in the healthcare setting. Participating organizations 2025-2026 included: jefferson health north nurse managers; mercy career technical high school, gwynedd-mercy academy, st. Johns hospice, women against abuse. Cranaleith offers continuing education units (ceus) to meet social work and education professional licensure requirements (cranaleith is an act48 approved provider). Participants praised the programs for their ability to foster vulnerability and human connection, which are often missing in high-pressure professional environments. During the fiscal year, cranaleith facilitated 121 programs for 1644 individual participants. These programs centered on reflective, contemplative practices designed to support racial healing initiatives, eco-spirituality, immigration awareness, anti-violence and issues related to women. Cranaleith continued its practice of providing formal and informal wellness retreat days for homeless, abused, addicted, mentally ill and other marginalized populations served by our social-service partners, mostly from inner-city philadelphia, including catch (citizens acting together can help), st. John's hospice, face-to-face, mothers in charge, crossroads and mercy neighborhood ministries. Within the same fiscal year, cranaleith provided 152 individuals with directed and/or independent retreats and continued its support for non-profit organizations that service poor, vulnerable and marginalized communities, hosting 64 organizations for a total of 1559 visitors. These hosted non-profit organizations represented social-service, education and healthcare organizations supporting racially and socio-economically diverse populations from all (or no) faith traditions. The educational opportunities provided in the contemplative, restorative space of cranaleith helped the attending leaders, administrators, staff and volunteers cope with the demands of their work-related levels of stress, secondary trauma and more.cranaleith's spiritual director formation program (sdfp) included the active and ongoing participation of the 12 men and women enrolled in the 2025-2027 cohort. Drawing from the rich wellspring of contemplative tradition and the charism of mercy, this two-year certificate program nurtures and supports those who wish to deepen their own spirituality and discern spiritual companionship with others. The curricula include a particular (but not exclusive) focus on the art of spiritual accompaniment with those on the margins of society.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 80.1%; rating input score 80
• Program expense ratio: 77.9%; rating input score 78
• Fundraising efficiency: $4.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 3.9%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.29; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8.3%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings