Edna Martin Christian Center
Legal name: Edna Martin Christian Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 351072577
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Phone
- 3176373776
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Neighborhood Centers
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $9,104,251
- Expenses
- $7,954,900
- Assets
- $20,658,958
- Liabilities
- $418,021
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BARATO BRITT (Executive director)
- JAY GESHAY (President)
- RICHARD BRAY (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- BARATO BRITT (Executive director): $146,000 total reported compensation
- MAGGIE GOEGLEIN (Chief Operating Office): $134,800 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Martin's work gains support of Indianapolis Baptist Churches, designated as a Home Mission, officially named East Side Christian Center, and relocated to a three-room house on Martindale Avenue. After-school programs begin, children's choir started. 1949 Center buys a house and two empty lots on Arsenal Avenue. An addition would be built at this site later, and another house would be bought for use as a second-hand store. Our Mission To invest in the lives of all in Martindale-Brightwood and surrounding neighborhood through community-driven opportunities that foster stability, growth and a vision of hope. Vision Statement.
What it reported doing in 2024
Intergenerational Programming 195 regularly attending students in grades K-12 were served. 140 students indicated that they have increased their knowledge of civic responsibility. 58 seniors received prepared meals. 117 Enrolled families received supportive services. 217 guardians increased participation in children learning activities
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 68% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and the available information about grant readiness federal audit leaves an important question unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.8%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.4%; rating input score 99; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 89.5%; rating input score 89; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.6%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.6; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 74.8% of revenue deployed · 83.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $146K · 21 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.