Cultivate Missions

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272967925
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
Plano, TX, USA
Phone
4699944525
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$433,539
Expenses
$509,912
Assets
$2,619,676
Liabilities
$995

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KEVIN EVANS (PRESIDENT/DI)

Highest reported compensation

  • KEVIN EVANS (PRESIDENT/DI): $278,400 total reported compensation
  • LISA EVANS (CFO/SECRETAR): $136,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Cultivate leadership seeks to make disciples of jesus christ and plant churches among asian young professionals throughout asia.

What it reported doing in 2022

Cultivate missions' vision is to disciple and plant churches throughout asia. In 2022, 15 men and women were mentored through the 9-month living on a mission training. Additionally, a course on parenting with biblical principles was taught over 2 months to 14 mothers and fathers. Additionally, cultivate leadership provided two discussion groups totaling 19 people through a 36-week study on coping with difficulties and recognizing how god can bring benefit through our suffering. In august 2022, cultivate missions held its eighth annual church planters' retreat over 2 days, with 49 of our house church leaders for intensive training, team building and spiritual renewal. Additionally, the organization hosted an online, quarterly "leadership community" to provide further equipping, time for sharing about their ministries, and prayer together. Additionally, the organization provided one-to-one, online mentoring for the church planters to strengthen their personal spiritual growth and ministry leadership skills. In 2022, the organization provided vision and counsel for eight church plants called "grace city church." approximately 15 regular participants attended each group. These fellowships met weekly and were responsible for evangelism, spiritual growth, and leadership training.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 68
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.6%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $97.44 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

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: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 50%; rating input score 50; 43rd 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: -17.6%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.14; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 81.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.6% of revenue deployed · 91.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $469K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $278K · 5 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.