University of Saint Joseph

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
060646829
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
West Hartford, CT, USA
Phone
8602315220
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
University or Technological Institute

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$103,325,035
Expenses
$93,030,873
Assets
$165,861,628
Liabilities
$53,246,741

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

Leadership & pay

38 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RHONA C FREE PHD (PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE)

Highest reported compensation

  • RHONA C FREE PHD (PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE): $812,017 total reported compensation
  • MICHELLE M KALIS (PROVOST): $283,573 total reported compensation
  • AHMED ABDELMAGEED (DEAN, SCHOOL OF PHARMACY): $261,678 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The university provides a rigorous liberal arts and professional education for a diverse student population. (see schedule o for the organization's mission.)

What it reported doing in 2024

College and masters/doctoral programs: see schedule o for program description.college and masters/doctoral programs: students select from an array of dynamic majors and minors, dual majors, and concentrations, and then proceed to realizing their ambitions. Experiential learning is incorporated across the curriculum and faculty prepare students for meaningful professional careers. Seamless degree programs save time and money, and build the foundation for a great career as many degree programs lead to professional licenses. Amidst textbooks and lectures, students complete internships, clinical rotations, and pre-professional experiences effectively applying course material to everyday situations and gaining experience that will help them rise above stiff competition in the job market.as an ncaa division iii school, the university of saint joseph hosts 14 varsity teams, in addition to intramurals and numerous recreation and wellness programs. The university is a member of the national collegiate athletic association (ncaa) and the great northeast athletic conference (gnac).the 90-acre suburban campus in prestigious west hartford, Connecticut is known among colleges for its aesthetics and prime location: a few miles from major hartford employers or entertainment and shopping in blue back square, and midway between boston and New York city.in addition to the undergraduate college, the university of saint joseph has a graduate and professional studies program offering master's degrees and certificates, a doctor of nursing practice program and a school of pharmacy. The school of pharmacy offers a unique three-calendar-year doctoral degree (pharm.d.) program in pharmacy.in 2016, usj announced that its new physician assistant (pa) program was granted accreditation-provisional status by the accreditation review commission on education for the physician assistant (arc-pa). This accreditation - the first in a multi-step accreditation process - allowed usj to enroll the inaugural class of its pa program in january 2017. Usj's pa program is a 28-month, coeducational program focusing on collaborative approaches to patient-centered care that enhances treatment plans and can improve outcomes in a changing and evolving healthcare environment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 85% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 74% for direct work, and 26% for grants.
  • 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.7%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 89.5%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 96.8%; rating input score 97; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.78; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.6%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.7% of revenue deployed · 89.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 30 of 31 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $83.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $812K · 38 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $6.7M reported
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 12 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.