Christian Business Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954231341
IRS 990-PF coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Ontario, CA, USA
Phone
4192294781
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$12,442

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

Overview

Mission

Christian Business Ministries is a nonprofit. Location: Ontario, CA. EIN 954231341. Tax year 2025 Form 990-PF reports $0 revenue and $12.4K expenses.

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 1 grant totaling $1,677. The stated grant purpose was community benevolence.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The foundation carried out 87% of its reported charitable disbursements directly.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 13
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 63

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 13.5%; rating input score 13; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 3.13; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 63th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person not reported.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.