Bent-tree

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 842028239
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2024–2025
Forms available: Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location: Denton, TX, USA
Phone: 9407837097
Rating: 38
Verdict: REVIEW
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation: Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue: $163,570
Expenses: $163,171
Assets: $55,619
Liabilities: $0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

David Wilson (Director)
Clif Wilcox (Associate Director)
Ronald Rowe (Board Member)

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

BENT-TREE was created with the purpose of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ and building his kingdom through creating a network of pastors that support one another in their calling, in accordance with the constitution of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), which consists of the Bible and the subordinate standards of the Westminster Confession of Faith, with the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, and the Book of Church Order, each adopted by the Presbyterian Church of America.

What it reported doing in 2025

Aspen CO Conference October 2025

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
Transparency & Controls: 92
Sustainability: 33
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

Operating margin: 0.2%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 61.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: -13.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -33.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 4 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.

High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.