Church of Word Water and Light

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271144736
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Taos, NM, USA
Phone
6503390726
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Counseling, Support Groups
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$180,042
Expenses
$140,761
Assets
$96,660
Liabilities
$32,509

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Joseph Breslin (President)

People named in this filing

  • Joseph Breslin (President)
  • Orio Paulden (Sec/Treasurer)
  • Meenakishi Jirik (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of the Organization is to offer the healing sacrament of radiant words, sacred waters and transcendent realization of our inner light. The organization's objective is to help people whose quality of life is threatened by debilitating or life-threatening illness, to spread the word of God and to enlighten and empower people to make good decisions spiritually, emotionally and physically. The ORganization is a self-health ministry dedicated to counseling and educating its members to help them cope successfully with life-threatening illness through spiritual counseling and assistance in understanding all aspects of their health condition and the choice of therapies available and in so doing enable them to make fully informed decisions and help them call on the power of Jesus Christ to help them in their time of need.

What it reported doing in 2014

The organization's objective is to help people whose quality of life is threatened by debilitating or life-threatening illness, to spread the word of God and to enlighten and empower people to make good decisions spiritually, emotionally and physically.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.1%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 69.1%; rating input score 69

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 21.8%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -25.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.1% of revenue deployed · 69.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $97K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2012 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.