Dunwoody Baptist Church Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 581344042
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2014
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2014
- Location
- Dunwoody, GA, United States
- Phone
- 770-280-1200
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $88,878
- Expenses
- $274,459
- Assets
- $4,430,119
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jim Strawn (President)
People named in this filing
- Jim Strawn (President)
- Jane Hickey (Treasurer)
- Kay Hornsby (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
DBC is a place where we are passionately becoming more like Jesus and are committed to transforming our homes, church, community and the world—this happens when we love God, love people, make disciples and make a difference. We believe in the Holy Ordinance of the Lord’s Supper. We believe it is to be celebrated as a command of Jesus and that the elements of bread and wine represent His Body and Blood and are divine symbols of His sacrifice for the souls of men. We believe in life after death and in a literal Heaven and Hell. We believe Heaven to be a place of eternal and perfect union with the Godhead and that Hell is a place of eternal separation from the presence of God. We believe in the love and brotherhood of the Saints. We believe in the correction of the wayward and the encouragement of the faithful. We believe in charity and love for all those who need help.
What it reported doing in 2014
The dbc foundation supports the mission efforts of dunwoody baptist church through direct grants to the church for it's missions programs. In fye 2015 the church led mission trips to guatemala, canada, jamaica & the phillipines. Dbc also worked locally and nationally with minsitries providing after-school outreach, refugee resettlement, poverty and benevolence. Dbc directly supports missionaries in the us and around the world.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 72
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 88%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.6%; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -208.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.14; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 21.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7.8% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $242K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes foreign activity and grants
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2013 to 2014
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.