We Stand With Christ Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823779115
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bridgeport, CT, USA
Phone
2034161390
Rating
32
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,523
Expenses
$17,523
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Michael Hanlon (Director): $268,850 total reported compensation
  • Anne O McCrory (Director): $257,869 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Prepare the church to meet challenges, renew parishes as centers of catholic community, ensure accessible catholic education, invest in faith formation & pasoral ministries, and minister to those in need.

What it reported doing in 2024

Support for parishes and foundations in faith, education and charities. Parish support will strengthen diocesan parishes by making them more welcome and joyful; fostering and evangelizing; creating dynamic faith formation programs; enhancing and celebration of the sacraments; evaluating, repairing and renovating older facilities and establishing new facilities. Foundations in faith programs increase evangelization efforts to deepen participation in parish life; reimage faith formation and the expansion of youth ministry programs; educate and form men for the priesthood; provide for the needs of retired priests; support for programs for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities and meet the spiritual needs for the elderly living in nursing homes. Foundations in education programs establish long-term sources of revenue to ensure access to quality education provided in diocesan catholic schools and develop resources to fund innovation in classroom teaching and support for continuing education and leadership formation. Foundations in charity provides sources of revenue to provide food, housing, mental health, adoption, immigration and family support services to the needy and vulnerable of all faiths in fairfield county.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - Most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 56
  • Accountability: 71
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • 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: 0%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 143.1%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -25.9% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -26.5% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -22.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $269K · 7 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.