Auto Ministry Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465511105
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-PF 2019, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Arlington, TN, USA
Phone
9014855173
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Support N.E.C.
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,203
Expenses
$61,302
Assets
$127,746

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JASON BARTHALOW (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JASON BARTHALOW (PRESIDENT)
  • CHERISE BARTHALOW (SECRETARY)
  • RUSSELL L MERSHON (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide transportation for ministers enrolled in seminary, and missionaries home on stateside furlough assignment.

What it reported doing in 2025

Loaned vehicle expenses incurred to carry out the above statement.assistance to clients includes, advice, repairs, loaned vehicles to the ministers and their families as referenced in the by-law of the coroporation

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.8%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.8%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.08; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.8% of revenue deployed · 96.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $59K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.