Born to Win
Legal name: Christian Educational Ministries
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 752620990
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Whitehouse, TX, United States
- Phone
- 1-888-BIBLE-44; 1-888-242-5344
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religious Media, Communications
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $747,233
- Expenses
- $807,225
- Assets
- $1,403,175
- Liabilities
- $-2,706
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BLAKE SILVERSTEIN (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- BLAKE SILVERSTEIN (PRESIDENT): $85,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To share the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world and teach the disciples so they may be equipped for every good work. We believe** in God the Father who is without beginning and without end, who is the source and Creator of all life. He is Spirit and is the personification of love. Through the Holy Spirit, God convicts man, and leads him back to God. Through the Holy Spirit, God inspires, teaches, converts, and empowers his servants. [Isa. 64:8, 2 Cor. 1:3, Gal. 1:1, 1 Pet. 1:2] We believe** in Jesus Christ, God the Son who has eternally existed and through whom the Father created all that is. He is the only begotten of the Father, conceived of the Holy Spirit and through his sinless life and atoning sacrifice, provides the only salvation for mankind. We believe he was three days and three nights in the hea.
What it reported doing in 2024
We sponsor a radio program named "born to win": the first program was aired on february 4, 1996, on wgnc in gastonia, nc.by october 31, 1998, the number had expanded to 110 radio stations, with stations in the united states, canada, australia, ireland, the philippines, and bermuda. Over time, we expanded the number of stateions carrying the program daily, instead of only once a week. Currently, we are broadcasting on approximately 44 radio stations in the united states, one in ireland, and one in cotonou, benin in africa. We also are broadcasting on three 50,000-watt clear-channel "super stations" that cover large ceographical areas of the u.s. We mail out free cd copies of the program to all who request them. On average, we normally mail approximately 200 free audio cds of the radio program each month and over 3700 pieces of related literature. With the advent of social media, we are greatly expanding our reach through the use of social media.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 93
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 80
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.7%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 90.8%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: $35.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd 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: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -8%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.74; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.4%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 97.7% of revenue deployed · 90.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $733K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $85K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.