10Th Hour Productions

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921172304
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Daphne, AL, US
Phone
2514580092
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religious Film, Video
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,959,813
Expenses
$464,803
Assets
$1,674,426
Liabilities
$3,886

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JACK MCALEER (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • DANIEL JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANIEL JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $86,538 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create and support meaningful Catholic media that changes lives, stirring hearts into an encounter with God through films and series that inspire hope, awaken faith, and reach hearts around the world.

What it reported doing in 2025

Grants - 10th hour productions also exists to provide funding for catholic media projects. These media projects are being produced by other nonprofit organizations. Such funding is approved by the board and reserved for high quality video projects that stir the heart.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% 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 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: 34
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 12.9%; rating input score 13
  • Program expense ratio: 49.9%; rating input score 50
  • Fundraising efficiency: $305.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 76.3%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.6; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.6%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 87.5% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 109.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 13 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 12.9% of revenue deployed · 49.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $232K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $87K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 13/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.