Christian Community Development Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 412227656
IRS 990 coverage: 2011–2025
Official website data refreshed: Sep 2026
Forms available: Form 990 2025
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Phone: 7734757370
Rating: 78
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Community, Neighborhood Development
Affiliation: Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $1,155,340
Expenses: $1,276,037
Assets: $936,888
Liabilities: $62,556

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

LORENZO WATSON (PRESIDENT AND CEO)
WAYNE GORDON (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)

Highest reported compensation

LORENZO WATSON (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $94,118 total reported compensation
DARRYL ANSWER (SECRETARY): $3,300 total reported compensation
TRISHONDA ROBERSON (BOARD MEMBER): $2,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We strengthen and inspire Christian Community Development practitioners for community transformation through equipping and connecting. CCDA is also extremely grateful for all the contractors, volunteers, and interns who work with us year-round to support our members and their communities! Lorenzo A. Watson Dr. Watson. Not a member? Join the CCDA Family Membership has always been a way for us to accomplish our mission and vision. We want you to succeed in your work, so we created a structure that will sustain our work of strengthening individuals and organizations just like you. We are constantly striving to update and scale the resources available to our members so that you have the tools you need to complete the good work to which God has called you. Join the CCDA Family Here!

What it reported doing in 2025

Communications: oversees organizational communications, marketing, digital media, publications, and storytelling to inform members, promote programs and events, and communicate ccda's mission and work to the public.

Operating model

Revenue model: Other-operating. 68% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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 the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 76
Transparency & Controls: 92
Accountability: 89
Sustainability: 26
Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 85.3%; rating input score 85
Program expense ratio: 77%; rating input score 77
Fundraising efficiency: $8.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 89.5%; rating input score 89; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: -10.4%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
Where the money goes: 85.3% of revenue deployed · 77% of spending went to programs
Governance: 17 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $982K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $94K · 21 people listed
Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 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.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 30/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.