Crossway International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742819658
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Boerne, TX, USA
Phone
8302492322
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$374,656
Expenses
$411,172
Assets
$37,852
Liabilities
$13,091

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jason Chollar (CEO)
  • Jeff Royall (Board President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Jason Chollar (CEO): $112,265 total reported compensation
  • Dean Chollar (Pastor-at-large / Secretary): $80,100 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

CrossWay International is committed to spreading the clear Gospel message of Gods grace throughout the world.

What it reported doing in 2024

Strategies currently being pursued in Kenya include Caring for 400 widows in the Sagana area, including hosting monthly meetings for prayer, encouragement, training handing out milk-goats, chickens, avocado seedlings upcoming plans for training in agriculture, business, finances. Pastors training for hundreds of pastors clustered in pastoral networks with regular meetings for prayer, mutual encouragement and further training seminars focused on evangelism, basic bible interpretation, and more. Experiments with small business loans for key leaders in our pastoral network. Marriage and relationship training conferences. Community Mercy Projects projects aimed at being a gospel witness to those in need, including Water Systems, Sanitation Facilities, Roof repair and repainting, fences, etc for schools. Our team has also been receiving training and exploring new strategies including Community Health Evangelism, Conservation Agriculture, and Financial Stewardship Training.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 53% for direct work, and 47% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 78
  • Accountability: 68
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.2%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 87.7%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $38.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Pass
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 96.6%; rating input score 97; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 17th 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: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.7%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 46.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.9% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.2% of revenue deployed · 87.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $360K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $112K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.