Biblical Marriage Institute Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264127898
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Birmingham, AL, USA
Phone
2052011821
Rating
96
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Counseling

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$141,303
Expenses
$146,520
Assets
$54,980

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALONZA JONES (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ALONZA JONES (PRESIDENT)
  • GEORGE ANDERSON (MEMBER)
  • ROBERT BENDALL (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

The purposes for which biblical marriage institute (bmi) is organized are exclusively religious, charitable, and educational within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 or the corresponding provision of any future united states internal revenue law (the "code"). Bmi helps prevent marital anad family breakdown through biblical teaching and mentoring. Participants receive biblical instruction on marriage and relationships in workshop, retreat, classroom, conference, and online settings.

What it reported doing in 2025

Marriage education for students consists of writing and teaching biblical relationship curriculum to middle and high school students in school and summer camp settings. This program hss been beneficial to over 1,000 students over the past 15 years. Marriage education for adults consists of writing and teaching biblical marriage related material to both married and single adults. This program has been beneficial to hundreds of adults of all ages. Community awareness is achieved through the organization's website, social media, national radio, and local media to draw attention to issues concerning marriage and family. Written articles are seen by more than 165,000 readers per month.

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 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: -3.7%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 55.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $147K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.