Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 621560072
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Nashville, TN, USA
- Phone
- 6158330888
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $24,805,317
- Expenses
- $5,910,299
- Assets
- $85,805,088
- Liabilities
- $523,832
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN MILLER (PRESIDENT)
- LESTER L BUDDY WILLIAMS JR (VICE PRESIDENT)
- MICHEAL LEWIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- MICHEAL LEWIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $132,090 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 corporation is organized and operated for the purpose of providing immediate assistance to victims of natural disasters within the united states. The corporation focuses its relief primarily on the continental u.s. But the board of directors has the authority to extend those efforts to other areas if so needed. All assets and earnings are used exclusively for this purpose, including payments of expenses. No part of the net earnings or donations for the corporation are for the benefit of or distribution to its directors, except that the corporation is authorized to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purpose set forth above. We help victims which for the most part, have lost their earthly possessions, have been displaced to the extent that they are homeless and in need of daily food and clothing. We propose to be an immediate responder to these situations, hoping to arrive with relief as soon as possible
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2024, the busiest time of our year was in the 3rd and 4th quarter: hurricane beryl hit Texas, followed by hurricane francine hitting Louisiana in mid-september, few days later hurricane helene hit Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and western Virginia, followed by hurricane milton hitting the eastern Florida coast in the same month. We initially sent basic supplies, then sent household goods like furniture, appliances, water heaters, and mattress sets in the subsequent months. We helped areas in California, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Texas affected by wildfires. We also assisted after flooding took place in Iowa, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas and West Virginia. A total of 232 shipments of supplies and household goods, and truckloads of water were sent to 72 different counties/or townships in 19 different states.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 81% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 56
- Transparency & Controls: 88
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 94
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 35.8%; rating input score 36
- Program expense ratio: 83.8%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: $39.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 98%; rating input score 98; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 76.2%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.52; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 35.8% of revenue deployed · 83.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $132K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 69 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 61 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 36/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.