Bishop John Meares Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
522027395
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2013
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Upper Marlboro, MD, USA
Phone
3012492305
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$7,618
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ARLIE WHITLOW JR (V PRESIDENT)
  • MARY LEE MEARES (v.PRESIDENT/TREASURER)

People named in this filing

  • ARLIE WHITLOW JR (V PRESIDENT)
  • RENA VAUGHN ATKINSON (SECRETARY)
  • MARY LEE MEARES (v.PRESIDENT/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 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To spread the gospel of jesus christ.

What it reported doing in 2013

To spread the gospel of jesus christ through preaching, teaching, seminars, and training to churches and ministries throughout the world.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.3% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -86.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -48.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2010 to 2013
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.