Christadelphian Bible Mission of the Americas

Overview

Mission

Preaching the Gospel in Latin America

What it reported doing in 2021

Sole Mission - Preaching the Gospel in Latin America

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237075338
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2021
Headquarters
Simi Valley, CA, USA
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related
Affiliation
Christianity

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The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and the filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 67
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.4%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 98.2%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: $119.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 80%; rating input score 80; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 21.1%; rating input score 21; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.3%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 1.04; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 88.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 102.7% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 37.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.4% of revenue deployed · 98.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $760K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 38 of 40 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 2 annual filings from 2020 to 2021
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.