Christian Employers Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811433310
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Phone
8772326691
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$728,631
Expenses
$1,008,085
Assets
$588,214
Liabilities
$297,034

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Shannon O Royce (President)
  • Margaret Iuculano (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Shannon O Royce (President): $201,530 total reported compensation
  • Margaret Iuculano (President): $3,123 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Foster a positive public perception of "Christian Employers" in the USA by sharing data and telling stories of positive impact by Christian employers. CEA plans to utilize social media, traditional media and earned media tactics to tell the story of Christian employers in America. Communicating the economic and loving impact Christian employers have on communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

- Fostering a positive public perception of "Christian Employers" in the USA by sharing data and telling stories of positive impact by Christian employers. CEA plans to utilize social media, traditional media and earned media tactics to tell the story of Christian employers in America. Communicating the economic and loving impact Christian employers have on communities. - Increasing awareness of Faith-In-The-Workplace resources and employee benefits. Sharing practices that are making transformational impact in the workplace.- Raising the awareness of employee benefits consistent with Christian values. - Being a centralized bank of faith in the workplace resources that are provided by many of the organizations. - Providing education on key legal and policy issues affecting Christian employers.- Representing members' common interests with united legal and policy strategies about religious liberty issues impacting the workplace. - Educating members on any policy or legal issues and changes that may impact how they run their company.- Inspiring collective impact sharing strategies and stories of effective community engagement by Christian employers.- Providing a platform for members to reflect the love of Jesus by uniting in their respective communities to address social issues and help improve the lives of the most in need.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 77.5%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -38.4%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.5; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.3%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 35.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.7% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 33% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 77.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $782K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $202K · 10 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 14/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.