Biblical Exposition Conference Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272803062
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 8474975859
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $68,723
- Expenses
- $57,006
- Assets
- $13,350
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Floyd James (President)
- Tyler Prude (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Floyd James (President)
- Tyler Prude (Vice President)
- Joseph Lightfoot (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Biblical Exposition Conference Inc. is a nonprofit organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes under Section 501(c)(3). Its primary purpose is to provide Christian education support by equipping pastors, clergy, and laity to study, teach, and preach God's Word with accuracy. Through training, conferences, and resources, the organization develops skills in expository preaching and teaching, fostering disciplined learners and effective leaders. Programs are open to all regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, or orientation, and BEC partners with other nonprofits and community groups to advance educational and charitable goals.
What it reported doing in 2025
During fiscal year 2026, the Biblical Exposition Conference Inc. conducted a successful annual conference with over 150 attendees. The program offered all three instructional camps-Foundation, Forwarding, and Finishing-designed to equip pastors, clergy, and laity with the skills needed for accurate biblical exegesis and expository preaching. Participants evaluation indicated that the conference was successful in providing training, mentoring, and study resources that advanced their ability to study, teach, and preach God's Word. Registrations were treated as charitable contributions under IRC 170(b)(1)(A)(iv).
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.3%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 88.4%; rating input score 88
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 17%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 73.3% of revenue deployed · 88.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $50K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.