Abide In The Word Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943251813
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5035247000
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$156,952
Expenses
$143,556
Assets
$78,271
Liabilities
$18,782

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Scott Gilchrist (CEO)
  • Steve Reinhart (President)

People named in this filing

  • David Martini (Director)
  • Scott Gilchrist (CEO)
  • Steve Reinhart (President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Pastor Gilchrist presents a 1/2 hour teaching from the Bible daily on the radio in Portland and else where in Oregon and Washington. The organization also maintains a website and an app where interested individuals can listen to the pastor's teaching.

What it reported doing in 2025

We broadcast Pastor Gilchrist's 1/2-hour messages on the radio aired in Portland and other parts of Oregon and Washington. Messages can also be downloaded and listened to at abideintheword.us and the app, Abide.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 71.1%; rating input score 71

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.5%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -16.4% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -16.3% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -17% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65% of revenue deployed · 71.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $102K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.