Charis in Action
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463535874
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Maryville, TN, USA
- Phone
- 8653829955
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $101,339
- Expenses
- $78,718
- Assets
- $52,085
- Liabilities
- $3,202
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TODD STEWART (PRESIDENT)
- STEWART RITCHIE (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- TODD STEWART (PRESIDENT)
- STEWART RITCHIE (VICE PRESIDENT)
- LAURIE LINDAHL (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to extend comprehensive theological training to the worlds untrained pastors and church leaders.
What it reported doing in 2024
To identify, train, and empower pastors and church leaders to make disciples and plant health churches
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 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.2%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 92.9%; rating input score 93
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 22.3%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.5% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 25.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 28% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 72.2% of revenue deployed · 92.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $73K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.