The Priestly Brotherhood of St Andrew

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
421497866
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Dubuque, IA, USA
Phone
6413942105
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Humanities Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,160
Expenses
$17,790
Assets
$211,443
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Fr Brian Dellaert (President & Treasurer)
  • Rev Christopher Podhajsky (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Fr Brian Dellaert (President & Treasurer)
  • Rev Christopher Podhajsky (Vice President)
  • Rev Nicholas Radloff (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide Catholic priests and clergy of all religious denominations with spiritual support

What it reported doing in 2024

The Priestly Brotherhood of St. Andrew provides a source of mutual spiritual support, encouragement and security in the spiritual ministries of Catholic priests, deacons, nuns and clergy of other religious denominations in imitation of St. Andrew the Apostle. The organization also maintains a "Bethsaida or retreat facility in Clear Lake, Iowa, which includes a fully appointed Catholic chapel for the celebration of daily Mass and prayer during member gatherings.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.

The verdict

STRONG - 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: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.8%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • 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: -327.6%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.89; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.