Biblical Mennonite Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454529547
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Goshen, IN, USA
Phone
5745364569
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,390,053
Expenses
$2,050,438
Assets
$2,900,776
Liabilities
$205,979

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALLEN ROTH (DNI PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • PAUL EMERSON (EBI PRINCIPAL): $47,050 total reported compensation
  • HENRY BLANK (MTC DIRECTOR): $44,822 total reported compensation
  • ALLEN ROTH (DNI PRESIDENT): $27,812 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization is an alliance of anabaptist/mennonite congregations. Its purpose is to act as a facilitator for its member congregations, to operate bible schools, create and operation mission opportunities, serve as a missions training center and to further the mission and function of the member churches.

What it reported doing in 2017

Elnora bible institute ebi bible school

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 78% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and the required major-donor schedule is missing or incomplete.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.8%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 94.2%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 11
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.2%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.41; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.8% of revenue deployed · 94.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $47K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2013 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 8 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.