Burnham Ministries International
Legal name: Burnham Ministries International Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 346562555
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Estero, Florida, United States
- Phone
- 5619979878
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,134,025
- Expenses
- $579,388
- Assets
- $5,674,102
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JONATHANN D BURNHAM (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JONATHANN D BURNHAM (PRESIDENT): $128,434 total reported compensation
- DAVID L BURNHAM (FORMER CHAIRPERSON): $36,618 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of bmi is to train pastors and christian leaders throughout the world to impact their nation for christ. The Biblical Training and Mentoring Program (BTMP) is designed with the goal of equipping Christian leaders with practical skills in effective discipleship, local church ministry, and mentoring. BTMP utilizes all ministry training materials developed by BMI, including Seven Steps of Christian Living, Practical Ministry Training, and Encountering Christ, which makes it a comprehensive training program that will be used in seminaries and Bible colleges worldwide. During the entire process of training, a personal spiritual mentor will help shape each leader’s practical ministry skills, emphasizing evangelism and discipleship as a lifestyle, which is fundamental for the long-term healthy growth.
What it reported doing in 2025
The mission of bmi is to train pastors and christian leaders throughout the world to impact their nation for christ.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 80% 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 most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 67
- Transparency & Controls: 58
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 81
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60.8%; rating input score 61
- Program expense ratio: 99.6%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 48.9%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.79; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 28.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 60.8% of revenue deployed · 99.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $577K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $128K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.