Chin Baptist Churches USA

Legal name: Chin Baptist Churches USA Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272664943
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone
(317) 497-8385
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,025,160
Expenses
$3,963,335
Assets
$3,148,902
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • HENRY LIAN (DIRECTOR): $40,000 total reported compensation
  • CEU HLUN (OFFICE SECRETARY): $24,000 total reported compensation
  • PHILIP HRENGLING (DIRECTOR): $24,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Chin Baptist Churches USA cu Pathian sunparnak ca ah a lamkip in thawngtha karhternak, Chin miphun nunphung, holh le ca kilhkamhnak, le chungtel khrihfabu chiatnak le thatnak i zohkhenhnak ca ah aa funtom mi bu a si. CBCUSA cu Pathian sunparnak ca ah a lamkip in thawngtha karhternak, Chin miphun nunphung, holh le ca kilhkamhnak, le chungtel khrihfabu chiatnak le thatnak i zohkhenhnak ca ah aa funtom mi bu a si. Chin Baptist Churches USA. Sertu Pathian nih a ka ser i a mah sunparnak caah nung ding ka si ti a fiang mi vialte mah le thlarau laksawng chuah in rian tuan ding ah timhtuahnak a ngei mi vialte rian tuan tinak phu kan si. Thlarau tlau chanhchuahnak rian tuan ti ding in kan in sawm. Group.

What it reported doing in 2024

Chin Baptist Churches USA (CBCUSA)was founded by six churches in November 2004. With the bless of God, CBCUSA now composed of 120 churches with a polulation of around 33,000, spread out in most of the United States.CBCUSA is assisting Chin Churches and their members including assisting with building Chin Churches, providing Christian education and literature for Chin Churches, assisting various chin ministries, providing scholarships, and providing missions and relief to various churches, colleges, orphans and refugees in Asian countries. Assisting Chin families with funeral expenses and providing funding to victims by disasters.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 40
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.9%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • 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: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 21.1%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 75.9% of revenue deployed · 96.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $40K · 6 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.