CT Townsend Ministries

Legal name: Ct Townsend Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460834207
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
North Augusta, SC, United States
Phone
(864) 332-4979
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,513,559
Expenses
$1,200,170
Assets
$1,338,570
Liabilities
$323,250

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER TOWNSEND (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTOPHER TOWNSEND (PRESIDENT): $164,389 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Reaching this generation for Christ. Wise and humble leaders surround themselves with people who will give honest and godly advice and support. “Without counsel purposes are disappointed, but in the multitude of counselors they are established” (Proverbs 15:22, KJV). We are no different, and as a fully-certified, 501 (c)(3) organization, C.T. Townsend Ministries is consistently under the leadership and counsel of the following advisors: Dr. Ralph Sexton, Jr. Dr. John Smith.

What it reported doing in 2024

Ct townsend ministries exists to reach this generation with the gospel of jesus christ. On a yearly average, ct townsend ministries receives hundreds of requests and invitations to come alongside our partners in ministry, from special conferences, trainings, youth conferences, men's conferences, ladies' conferences, marriage conferences, church revivals, special concerts, prayer meetings, and everything in between that would give an opportunity to preach the gospel. We also open ourselves to bookings at local churches to minister and break the mold of what god's people understand revival to mean while having the opportunity to share the gospel and minister and encourage pastors and local congregations.in 2024, we were privileged to witness and share the gospel with thousands of people with hundreds of decisions for christ, worked with hundreds of churches, encouraged saints, evangelized the lost. One opportunity to highlight is our annual youth conference where thousands of people and young people attended and hundreds of life-changing decisions were made. Never in our history has there been a generation so attacked by lies and false doctrine, yet the future generations are crucial to our nation, communities, churches, and families. Our youth conferences are designed as an outlet to reach youth and teens, allowing them to worship and work alongside their peers. Each summer, our youth conferences provide an opportunity for groups to disconnect from many distractions in the world, and instead, reconnect with their groups and with christ through devotionals, worship, and service, and team building. In addition in 2024, god opened the door for our large tent crusade to reach thousands of people over several weeks. The tent crusade gives the opportunity for a widespread outreach effort in order to reach as many people as possible to attend to hear the gospel and receive encouragement through god's word. We have a passion to partner with, mentor, and train pastors and their staff on evangelism and discipleship. Ct townsend ministries has a goal of providing information, resources, assistance, encouragement, ideas and practical tips to churches and communities so they could engage in outreach and discipleship in their respective communities.ct townsend ministries is very active on a daily basis helping individuals, pastors, and churches with questions regarding ministry, providing godly biblical counsel, wisdom and direction, praying with hurting people and those needing encouragement.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 72% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 81
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 88.8%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.7%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.12; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.7%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 79% of revenue deployed · 88.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $164K · 5 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.