Christian Relief Services

Legal name: Christian Relief Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
541884868
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Alexandria, VA, United States
Phone
(703) 317-9086
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$46,072,067
Expenses
$46,201,584
Assets
$1,698,159
Liabilities
$377,619

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRYAN L KRIZEK (PRESIDENT/CEO)
  • PAUL E KRIZEK ESQ (VICE PRESIDENT/GENERAL COUNSEL)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRYAN L KRIZEK (PRESIDENT/CEO): $464,687 total reported compensation
  • PAUL E KRIZEK ESQ (VICE PRESIDENT/GENERAL COUNSEL): $324,588 total reported compensation
  • BIEU DO (CFO): $171,489 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Mission of Christian Relief Services is to work through partnerships and in collaboration with grassroots charitable groups, churches and human service agencies, to connect the vast resources of America to help those in need in their local communities and to enable people to help themselves. Incorporated in 1985, Christian Relief Services was founded on the belief that community partnerships are the best way to solve problems related to poverty, both here in the United States and around the world. _The Mission of Christian Relief Services is to work through partnerships and in collaboration with grassroots charitable groups, churches, and human service agencies to connect the vast resources of America to help those in need in their local communities and enable people to help themselves._ Because we believe that the global community is our community, we try to help as many people...

What it reported doing in 2024

Americans helping americans veterans supportive housing (vsh) is an innovative person-centered program in fairfax county va, which helps empower veterans experiencing homelessness to rebuild their lives. Our customized and focused program provides homeless low-income veterans with affordable single unit and small family housing options. Our program provides both transitional and permanent housing opportunities along with case management services aimed at helping veterans maintain housing stability. This includes vocational and educational support, employment assistance, medical and mental health referrals, nutritional education and support, and other necessary support service referrals determined during assessment and intake.through our partnerships with community supportive agencies, vsh has raised approximately $52,750 to help with rental assistance and security deposits. These partnerships have also helped provide in-kind donations of food, beds, tvs, furniture, and other household supplies totaling approximately $11,938. This support gives our veterans a hand-up as they rebuild their lives.our most recent collaboration with compucore helped by supplying $3,750 in reconditioned all-in-one desktop computers. This donation will also include computer training for vets who need a little help with technology. They will also receive a free laptop computer to keep upon completion of training. Our goal and vision are to see every veteran have access to a dignified home and the services they need to thrive.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 92% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 90.7%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.02 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -0.3%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 91% of revenue deployed · 90.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $41.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $465K · 15 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 28 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.