Baptist Standard Publishing Co

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 750800610
IRS 990 coverage: 2018–2025
Forms available: Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location: Plano, TX, USA
Phone: 2146304571
Rating: 70
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Religious Printing, Publishing
Affiliation: Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $1,050,679
Expenses: $740,887
Assets: $12,565,005
Liabilities: $529,961

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Highest reported compensation

ERIC BLACK (Executive Dir.): $128,559 total reported compensation
KEN CAMP (MANAGING EDIT): $125,477 total reported compensation
KELLEY TRIMBLE (OPP Director): $51,865 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 Corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, religious and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the corresponding provision or provisions of any subsequent United States Internal Revenue law or laws (herein collectively called the Internal Revenue Code). Within the scope of the foregoing purposes, and not by way of limitation thereof, the Corporation is organized to operate a communications organization, using a variety of technologies to support, inform and resource the Baptist General Convention of Texas, churches and faith-based institutions that serve the broader Christian community, and individual people of faith. Furthermore, the Corporation is organized for the promotion, advancement and carrying out of the general purposes, and forwarding the interests, of the Baptist denomination, and in the publication and dissemination of the literature, and the furtherance of the mi

What it reported doing in 2025

Christian Religious Media. CONTENT WAS POSTED TO THE BAPTIST STANDARD WEBSITE, WHICH FED TO social media AND A CURATED WEEKLY EDITION DELIVERED BY EMAIL.

Operating model

Revenue model: Investment-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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.

Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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: 44
Transparency & Controls: 92
Accountability: 91
Sustainability: 72
Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 43.8%; rating input score 44
Program expense ratio: 57.5%; rating input score 58
Fundraising efficiency: $1.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 5; 5th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: 29.5%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.96; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 41.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 43.8% of revenue deployed · 57.5% of spending went to programs
Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $426K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $129K · 20 people listed
Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
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.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 5/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.