Cross Centered Missions
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 455348932
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Pierre, SD, USA
- Phone
- 6052802780
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Support N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $179,790
- Expenses
- $211,483
- Assets
- $40,298
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- JOHN STROHMAN (Chairman)
- MARK PENNER (Treasurer)
- SARAH STROHMAN (Secretary)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Cross Centered Missions serves as a clearinghouse of missions focused on meeting the spiritual needs of people by accurately spreading the gospel and as a manifestation of that, meeting physical needs. We work to make Christians aware of mission opportunities as well as making available ministry tools and training to equip Christians to fulfill the Great Commission.
What it reported doing in 2025
Bibles (publication - shipping expenses)in 2025, cross centered purchased bibles and other christian literature for distribution. In addition, the ministry also paid for the printing of the gospel bookmark, which is a resource we offer free of charge on our website. As part of our ongoing work, the bookmark is frequently translated into other languages by professional translators. Major expenses in this area include the printing and shipping large quantities of the gospel bookmark both domestically and internationally. Also, the ministry granted funding for the translation and the printing of the small gospel book into other languages.
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
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: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 17
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 98.2%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -17.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 7 filed program accomplishments · $208K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2016 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 8/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.