Catalyst Missions Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208102587
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Arlington, TN, USA
- Phone
- 9015928845
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Protestant
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $362,544
- Expenses
- $336,262
- Assets
- $246,210
- Liabilities
- $9,926
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BONNIE DANIEL (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DOUG LANDRUM (EXECUTIVE DI)
- BRYAN LINDLEY (DIRECTOR OF)
- JOEY MEHLHORN (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
Catalyst missions, inc. Encourage evangelism, discipleship, and education of individuals all over the world so they have a meaningful relationship with jesus christ.
What it reported doing in 2024
Catalyst mission inc. Is working with groups of pastors, church planters, and disciples spread out on 12 different countries, spread out on 3 different continents. (1. Central and south america, 2. Southeast asia and south asia, and 3. West africa.)these training groups amount to a total of approximately 1,000 students. As they track their multiplication into others, the reach of the gospel through this training is miraculous. They pray that god would continue to give the increase. There is a women's ministry. As william carey once equipped, "expect great things of god; attempt great things for god.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% 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: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 92.6%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $31.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.2%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86% of revenue deployed · 92.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $311K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.