Borders Expanded Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474011125
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Woodburn, KY, USA
Phone
2704955952
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$129,437
Expenses
$136,375
Assets
$217,510
Liabilities
$270,408

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KELLY LAWRENCE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KELLY LAWRENCE (PRESIDENT)
  • PATRICIA LAWRENCE (VICE PRESIDE)
  • MEGAN FULLER (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of borders expanded ministries, inc. Is to provide the advocacy of at risk children; to promote family preservation; to raise awareness and provide solutions to meet the needs of needy children and their families.

What it reported doing in 2024

Highlights of 2024: -our church ministry hosted five special events, celebrated six baptisms and six professions of faith, and maintained an average attendance of 43 in services and 19 in children's church, with pastor leonel, bivian, and their family joining to assist. We also implemented a feeding program for children. -our camp ministry welcomed 600 attendees across two church retreats and two youth camps, resulting in 100 professions of faith. -partnering with the wbc team, we hosted a women's conference with 85 women and launched our first-ever marketplace. -with the help of 37 volunteers contributing 2,000 hours, we furthered our outreach, development, property renovations, and completed multiple concrete projects. -a major milestone and blessing was our land expansion, where we were finalizing payments for an additionals 50 acres - only to receive the unexpected news that our remaining debt for the original property had been completely forgiven, affirming god's provision.

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 assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 89.2%; rating input score 89

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: -5.4%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.59; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.24; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94% of revenue deployed · 89.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $122K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.