Christian Advocates Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 711016899
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2010
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2010, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Fort Worth, TX, USA
- Phone
- 6822244226
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,115
- Expenses
- $17,742
- Assets
- $7,872
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The ultimate goal and purpose of Christian Advocates Inc. is to provide relief to the poor, distressed, and troubled by teaching these individuals to learn to help themselves. Giving people the tools to help themselves not only lessens the burdens of govenrnment aid agencies but contributes to the community at large.
What it reported doing in 2010
Christian Advocates was able to fulfill its mission of providing support to people in its community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 17
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -25.7%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $18K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.