BCM Georgia
Legal name: Buckhead Christian Ministry Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 581748786
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 4042390058
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,032,738
- Expenses
- $5,579,706
- Assets
- $5,032,618
- Liabilities
- $148,690
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GREG COLE (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- ANTHONY JAYESINGHA (COO): $149,835 total reported compensation
- ELOISE M BRACEY (CPO): $131,394 total reported compensation
- GREG COLE (CEO): $102,579 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Keeping vulnerable families housed while creating pathways to financial stability. Since 1987, BCM Georgia has been serving low-income working families in Atlanta. Created through a coalition of forward-looking churches who saw a need to serve vulnerable neighbors, the nonprofit has grown significantly over the years, from its 2-person team beginnings. Today, BCM is one of the leading organizations with more than 140 years of case management experience that is focused on addressing housing stability for families. BCM’s three programs focus on a Two-Generation strategy of supporting parents and their children. Support for BCM's work helps vulnerable families in our community regain stability and allows them to seek a better future for themselves and the next generation.
What it reported doing in 2024
Budget for life: fy 2025the budget for life session in fy 2025 was the largest class since the program began in 2005. Forty-seven of the fifty households completed the money management classes. Collectively, the forty-seven households reduced their debt by $392,656.86 and saved $45,037.81. This is a significant accomplishment because this debt was reduced within 22 weeks of the money management classes.all 47 participants not only met the program's financial education goals but exceeded expectations, collectively reducing their debts by more than 10%. They reduced the total debt and nearly doubled the amount saved compared to the same reporting period in the previous year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 75% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 67% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.1%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $9.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.9%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 95.1% of revenue deployed · 85.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $150K · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.