C3 Curbside Community Church Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273786221
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Bowling Green, KY, USA
Phone
2703920821
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protestant
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$168,269
Expenses
$154,373
Assets
$561,456
Liabilities
$1,370

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TERRI SHELDON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TERRI SHELDON (PRESIDENT)
  • STEVE SHELDON (VICE PRESIDE)
  • BECKY FURBUSH (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of c3 curbside community mission, inc. Is to show love and share truth by building and sustaining relationships and by providing creative activities, while connecting with the families within their own neighborhood, regardless of religious beliefs, race, gender, ethnicity, age, disabiltiy, etc.

What it reported doing in 2024

Overall ministry - curbside ministries is a street ministry that has served in the enterprise district of warren and barren counties of Kentucky since 2011. The primary cities in these counties are bowling green and glasgow. The distribution of free ice cream and mobile activities center attracts residents allowing volunteers "to show love and share truth by connecting with families and by building and sustaining relationships and by providing creative, participatory activities with their neighborhood regardless of religious beliefs, race, gender, ethnicity, age, disability, etc." the mobile activities center is a customized van full of fun activities and equipped with an ice cream freezer to distribute free ice cream to underprivileged children and youth. Volunteers bring their contagious faith to the streets with enthusiasm and selfless love transcending past multiple generational, social, religious, and cultural differences and language barriers. Many participants are from refugee or immigrant families with native languages, including arabic, burmese, dari, karen, burundi, somalia, spanish, swahill, etc. C3 curbside community church (curbside) has done several outreaches in the community, as well as added a few new outreach opportunities. Curbside launched new programs inside curbside connection center. Curbside partnered with a local technical college to provide english classes for the refugee families of their lee pointe location. The curbside connection center is now being used three times a week to provide these exciting classes to help area families to better learn the english language, basic skills and job training.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.5%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 97%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 8.3%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.64; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.5% of revenue deployed · 97% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $150K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.