Billy Graham Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
362982217
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Wheaton, IL, USA
Phone
6307525085
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,603,418
Expenses
$4,583,905
Assets
$8,628,236
Liabilities
$4,452,661

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR Philip Ryken (President, Chair)
  • Andrew COOK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR Philip Ryken (President, Chair): $595,698 total reported compensation
  • J Chadwick Rynbrandt (Treasurer/ VP for FIN & OPER, Wheaton College): $322,303 total reported compensation
  • Andrew COOK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $147,048 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of wheaton college billy graham center is to develop and mobilize jesus-followers for the individual and communal witness. Our vision is to see a world transformed by the gospel.

What it reported doing in 2024

In advance of our mission, the billy graham center maintains archives related to evangelism and mission and a museum that celebrates the gospel message and the history of evangelism in north america. In cooperation with wheaton college graduate school, we encourage a concern for missions and evangelism by offering nonacademic programs for pastors, ministry leaders, and the general public to help them revitalize a passion for evangelism in their ministries. Scholarships. The billy graham center provides "billy graham scholars" with scholarships from endowment proceeds for wheaton college graduate school and an undergraduate "colson scholarship" for formerly incarcerated people. Initiatives. We identify special needs in the church and -through our current initiatives - support efforts to help christian colleges prepare students to share their faith, equip christians to use new technologies in evangelism, convene evangelism ministry leaders through our evangelism leaders fellowship, and serve as the north american office for the global evangelism movement, lausanne. Institutes. Our nine institutes stimulated the development of new evangelism strategies, conducting research, convening leaders, and hosting public events to encourage the cooperation among christians who share our center's goals. These include the church evangelism institute, african american church evangelism institute, church multiplication institute (formerly the send institute), correctional ministries institute (formerly the institute for prison ministries), global diaspora institute, preaching institute, research institute, and rural church institute (formerly rural matters institute) and mosaix multiethnic church institute (formerly mosaix instiute). Amplify conference. We host an annual conference for church leaders called amplify to help disseminate leading ideas in evangelism strategy. Each institute hosts events for which donors have contributed or admission fees are charged, and it is underwritten by sponsors and donors. Our correctional ministries institute includes the correctional ministries and chaplains' association (cmca), a professional membership organization for which annual dues are charged. Evangelism leaders fellowship also charges annual fees.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 62% for direct work, and 38% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 78
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -27.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.88; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $596K · 10 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.