Bondi Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
542064896
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
San Juan Capistrano, CA, United States
Phone
949-493-0282
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religious Media, Communications
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$202,497
Expenses
$150,137
Assets
$895,235
Liabilities
$10,546

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MIKE BONDI (PRESIDENT)
  • RENEE BONDI (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MIKE BONDI (PRESIDENT)
  • RENEE BONDI (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SCOTT MCOWEN (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of Bondi Ministries is to direct people to God in a way that inspires and exhorts all to persevere in a life-long, personal journey of faith. Distribution of bibles & counseling support materials 100% of concert honorariums & donations go directly to the ministry. Neither Renée nor her husband receives compensation for their time or efforts. For more than 25 years... Today, Bondi Ministries provides: Presentations for conferences, retreats, church-wide events Presentations in schools, prisons, shelters. Presentations in schools, prisons, shelters One-on-one peer counseling Distribution of bibles & counseling support materials.

What it reported doing in 2024

Bondi ministries is intent on christian evangelization with the goal of reaching and minstering to christians and non-christians alike. The ministry makes public and private presentations that seek to bring adults, teens and children; the ill or disabled; and the unemployed or those experiencing financial hardship into a more personal understanding and acceptance of jesus christ as their personal savior. The ministry seeks to give hope, encouragement, support, tangible advice and practical assistance to all.bondi ministries is a resource that provides peer counseling and guidance for newly injured individuals and/or families experiencing spinal cord injury. Counseling includes practical, spiritual and peer guidance counseling.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 69% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.1%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 73.6%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 25.9%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.96; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 68.1% of revenue deployed · 73.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $111K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.