Ecumenical News
Legal name: Ecumenical News Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271608595
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2015
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015
- Location
- Bronx, NY, US
- Phone
- 2128703295
- Rating
- 46
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religious Printing, Publishing
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $303,153
- Expenses
- $301,129
- Assets
- $4,358
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GERARDO HELGUERO (CEO)
People named in this filing
- GERARDO HELGUERO (CEO)
- MARK LUNDIN (Officer)
- SAGE NAM (Officer)
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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide news and information on ecumenical and interfaith topics, covering church unity, humanitarian issues, and the role of faith in society.
What it reported doing in 2015
Ecumenical News fulfills its mission by publishing articles regarding (1) Report on global ecumenical developments and events from a Christian perspective (2) Provide religious insights into news developments and reports on the intersection of other faiths with Christianity (3) Cover all aspects of church activity (4) Promote awareness of humanitarian, justice-related and charitable activities (5) Service by providing insights and coverage that do not factor any church or denomination over any other, but with the ecumenical goal of church unity. (6) Inform readers in a commitment to a religious literacy that enable Christians to interact with a better understand and interact with one another
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.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 30
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 24
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 34.2%; rating input score 34
- Program expense ratio: 34.4%; rating input score 34
- 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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 34.2% of revenue deployed · 34.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $104K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 34/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.