The Newman School

Overview

Mission

Founded in 1945, the newman school, an independent day school in the catholic tradition, prepares young women and men from greater boston and around the world for success in university and college studies and life.with a school culture that is uniquely welcoming and supportive, newman provides students from broadly diverse backgrounds an opportunity to pursue serious studies in the company of like-minded peers and instructors. Studies are organized around the principles of the international baccalaureate diploma programme, and students have the option of pursuing the entire ib diploma or those portions of it which meet their needs and aspirations.guided by cardinal newman's motto, cor ad cor loquitur - heart speaks to heart, the school believes that students are able to achieve their potential when pursuing their studies in an environment of mutual respect, integrity, seriousness of purpose, and civic responsibility.

Operating model

Revenue model

Earned-program. 93% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.

Distribution model

Direct operator. The filing allocates 81% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 84
• Transparency & Controls: 83
• Accountability: 91
• Sustainability: 34
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 92% of revenue deployed · 90.9% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11.1M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $418K · 20 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
• Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
• Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 6 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.
• Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

• High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 25/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.