Child Evangelism Ministries of Elkhart and Lagrange Counties Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
351158181
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Bristol, IN, USA
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development – Religious Leadership
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$186,688
Expenses
$215,277
Assets
$217,897
Liabilities
$5,977

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Kristina Choate (Director)
  • John Parsons (Board Chair)
  • John Randolph (Board Vice Chair)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with Children in our community and in Togo.

What it reported doing in 2025

Togo Ministry - 4 missionaries 5,200 children attended Happy Day Clubs 250 Salvation decisions 34 summer VBS with 6 missionaries 675 decisions

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 43.4%; rating input score 43
  • Program expense ratio: 36.2%; rating input score 36

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: -15.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.9%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 43.4% of revenue deployed · 36.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $78K 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 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.