Christian Coalition
Overview
Mission
To impart citizenship education among people of faith
What it reported doing in 2023
Educational trainings
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Affiliate network. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending through affiliated organizations.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521585899
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023
- Headquarters
- Charleston, SC, USA
- Phone
- 8438638426
- Rating
- 55
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
The verdict
MIXED - 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: 23
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 18.7%; rating input score 19
- Program expense ratio: 37.1%; rating input score 37
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 49.5%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.65; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.7%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -43.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 52.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 18.7% of revenue deployed · 37.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $65K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $10K · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2020 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Roberta Combs (President): $10,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2023.