Centro Cristiano El Alfarero

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465000752
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Roselle, NJ, USA
Phone
9082428786
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$55,870
Expenses
$53,274
Assets
$9,300

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • OBED LOPEZ (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • EMILSY Y LOPEZ (Pastor)
  • OBED LOPEZ (Vice President)
  • MARIA NARCISA T SIMBAINA (Secretaria)

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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To Form and Maintain a church of churches and house of houses of worship for people of all races, creeds and color; to promote their spiritual and mental welfare; to preach and teach the bible, and to give them a better and more wholesome view of their beliefs and ideals of God; to establish as many branches as may be deemed necessary for the betterment of this corporation; to set apart, preachers, teachers, deacons, missionaries, evangelist, and to do any and all type of church work

What it reported doing in 2017

Church services few days a week or congregation gather for Bibles Studies, couples nights, young people night, and Family Services. Benevelent Fund for people in need in and out of congregation

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 89% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.4%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.6%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.9% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $53K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2016 to 2017
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.