Chiz Rider Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232950792
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
State College, PA, USA
Phone
8142318896
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religious Printing, Publishing
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$115,782
Expenses
$120,776
Assets
$45,876
Liabilities
$27,000

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KELLI RIDER (VICE PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMB)
  • CHARLES RIDER III (PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBER)

People named in this filing

  • KELLI RIDER (VICE PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMB)
  • CHARLES RIDER III (PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBER)
  • DAVE MOYER (BOARD MEMBER)

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 proclaim the love and knowledge of jesus christ and to encourage non-christians to have a closer walk with jesus through the musical ministry of chiz rider.

What it reported doing in 2025

Concerts were held to witness to others about the power of christ

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% 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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.6%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 60%; rating input score 60

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: -4.3%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.59; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.5%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.6% of revenue deployed · 60% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $72K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.