Bethel Express of America Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273646906
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Rochester, NY, USA
Phone
5857370072
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$188,560
Expenses
$202,158
Assets
$115,678
Liabilities
$29,113

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

People named in this filing

  • CARL WAGER (BOARD CHAIRM)
  • VIRGINIA CRANDALL (SECRETARY)
  • ALECIA MAIDA (TREASURER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Bethel express is an organization committed to raising up urban children ages 6 through 12 from every geographic sector of rochester, New York to become productive citizens in our society. Our goal is to develop a culture of young people who are progress oriented and highly motivated to become productive citizens through spiritual, academic, and emotional progress.

What it reported doing in 2024

Social stability: bethel express hosts a sacred sixteen for young women reaching the age of 16. These celebrations are designed to support our young ladies coming of age. The purpose of the ceremony is to affirm their social maturity and the fact that their future is to be embraced with the oversight of key individuals in their lives. Bethel express is a ministry that has assisted families in crises with housing, food, educational assistance, and the execution of an emergency plan. In so doing, ministry leaders provided guardianship and guidance to the families in an effort to keep them as closely knit as possible. In addition, mentoring occurs during be and on special outings on a regular basis.

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 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 25
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 25.6%; rating input score 26
  • Program expense ratio: 23.9%; rating input score 24

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.2%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.4%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 25.6% of revenue deployed · 23.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $48K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 26/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.