As a Needle to the Pole Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921642523
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Berrien Springs, MI, USA
Phone
2693137499
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,629,620
Expenses
$273,079
Assets
$2,484,996
Liabilities
$13,951

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CONRAD AR VINE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DOUG TACKET (BOARD OF DIRECTOR)
  • HAROLD REISS (BOARD OF DIRECTOR)
  • DALE MARTIN (BOARD OF DIRECTOR)

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

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

Overview

Mission

To prepare a people to meet jesus christ when he returns through preaching the everlasting gospel, conducting discipleship seminars and planting congregations of seventh-day adventists around the world.

What it reported doing in 2025

General ministry. Conducting 25 weekend seminars in sda churches and other venues across the USA, and in austria and the uk. Posting of 30+ videos in over 10 languages each of sermons, seminars and devotional talks by dr. C. Vine. 100,000+ hits on an2p sermons and videos on social media platforms in 2025. Pastoral counseling on a weekly basis for individuals in the USA, and in countries around the world, relating to attacks by demons, demon possession, and how to find freedom in christ from such attacks.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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: 29
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 92
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 6%; rating input score 6
  • Program expense ratio: 51.1%; rating input score 51
  • Fundraising efficiency: $42.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th 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: 80%; rating input score 80; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 89.6%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.1; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 6% of revenue deployed · 51.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $140K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 6/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.