Discipleship Unlimited Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391664313
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Temple, TX, USA
Phone
2547448258
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Rehabilitation Services for Offenders

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$650,480
Expenses
$675,564
Assets
$168,472
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Linda Strom (President)
  • Terry Strom (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Linda Strom (President): $88,126 total reported compensation
  • Terry Strom (Vice President): $68,326 total reported compensation
  • Edrena Smith (Treasurer): $36,400 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to obey Christ's commands to visit those in prison and bring His love to them. We work closely with the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice to establish and supply faith based dorms for offenders, prepare them for reentry, and provide resources, encouragement and accountability for those that have been released.

What it reported doing in 2025

Ministry to offenders and staff in prison in Texas-41%. The major portion of the prison ministry is within the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice. Currently services are provided in 6 faith based dorms and other weekly programs under the TDCJ chaplaincy department. Areas of service include rehabilitation, recovery, marriage and family, and spiritual studies. Graduates from these programs have a much lower rate of recidivism. DVDs and workbooks featuring released offenders from our programs are used in Texas, Wisconsin, and other locations within the criminal justice system. Periodic outreaches are provided for offenders and staff in the Central Texas area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 48
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.7%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 92.1%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.9%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.7% of revenue deployed · 92.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 9 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $622K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $88K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.