Tithe for Tradition
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 994395768
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Harrisonville, MO, USA
- Phone
- 8165358079
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Roman Catholic
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $95,336
- Expenses
- $14,129
- Assets
- $95,305
- Liabilities
- $14,667
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Samuel McClelland (President and Chairman)
People named in this filing
- Samuel McClelland (President and Chairman)
- Seve Esparrago (Treasurer and Secretary)
- Jane Scharl (Director)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Tithe for Tradition promotes the Catholic Religion and the Traditional Latin Mass through pilgrimages, research, educational events, and other activities that support the preservation and growth of traditional Catholic practice.
What it reported doing in 2024
Lectures and Formation: Tithe for Tradition organized or supported more than a dozen lectures and seminars with audiences from 8 to 100. ____________________________________________________ Events at Harvard and Cornell brought together scholars, alumni, and benefactors seeking the restoration of Christendom. These programs are forming a network of volunteer fellows-students and young professionals who receive formation through our work and, in turn, contribute meaningful volunteer hours that sustain Tithe for Tradition's projects and outreach. Tithe for Tradition's provided significant programming and staffing support for Pro Civitate Dei. The Summer session in France gathered students and young professionals for daily Solemn Mass, the chanted Office, and rigorous discussion of theology, philosophy, and culture. A companion mission in Chile joined service in rural parishes with study and fellowship among Catholic leaders. Both sessions reflected the foundation's focus on uniting worship, learning, and charity.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 47
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 14.8%; rating input score 15
- Program expense ratio: 99.8%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 85.2%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.75; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 14.8% of revenue deployed · 99.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $14K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.