Back 2 Basics Ministry
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 261170724
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2007
- Location
- The Woodlands, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8328920858
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $85,965
- Expenses
- $83,960
- Assets
- $9,301
- Liabilities
- $25,754
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Barbara Alpha (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Barbara Alpha (President): $11,400 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of Back 2 Basics Ministry is to remember the forgotten, neglected and abused children and young adults that live on the streets, shelters, placements, and similar systems as well as low income housing This is done by reaching out with the love of God, being a spiritual family to them while providing love of God, being a spiritual family to them while providing healthy, loving relationships and addressing individual spiritual, emotional and material needs. We further accomplish this mission through building community, planning and executing community outreaches, and working with families in high-crime, low-income areas.
What it reported doing in 2025
For holidays, we have events to celebrate that take place every day of that holiday month. For example, Easter is about 35 events of celebrations. At Christmas, we have approximately 65 family style Christmas celebrations that include dinner and gifts. ***We provide weekly outings such as the movies, restaurants, concerts, farms and much more. ***We mentor young adults that were in Protective Care once they turn 18. ***We Have outreaches in multiple apartment complexes. We provide music, games, food and the good news! ***We assist with basic needs including but not limited to rent, food, diapers, household items and other materials items.
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 99% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 65
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.9%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 97.2%; rating input score 97
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.3%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.77; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.9% of revenue deployed · 97.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $82K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $11K · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.