Emory Christian Campus Fellowship Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582377878
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
4702956525
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$807,928
Expenses
$676,212
Assets
$1,304,135
Liabilities
$209,941

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Chris Beirne (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Chris Beirne (Executive Director): $106,400 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Emory Christian Campus Fellowship (known on campus as BREAD) serves a community of college students who change their world with love as they become followers of Christ.

What it reported doing in 2024

Emory Christian Campus Fellowship, or Bread Coffeehouse, exists to create thriving communities for college students whochange their world with love as they become followers of Christ. We lavish hospitality on all who walk into our locations throughfree coffee, baked goods, and welcoming staff and student leaders. Our dream is that as lives are changed by the love ofJesus, our students will in turn change the world with that same love. All of this happens through small group discussions, leadership development programs, retreats, service trips, weekly programming, and each one-on-one relationship in which weinvest.The 2024-2025 Academic Year was a productive year for Bread. We were able to continue serving the students of KennesawState University's two residential campuses. By the grace of God we were able to establish a positive consistent presence thatengaged an average of 277 students each week. As is typical at each of our locations, our staff spent hundreds of hours inenvironments attempting to connect students to resources that would help them address mental health challenges, grow intheir faith, or simply enjoy relationships with fellow students or campus ministers that cared about them.We were able to see the following measurable outcomes:62 student leaders were engaged in weekly leadership development programs.Hundreds of Emory students benefited from our Eagle Food Co-op (services for students with food insecurity.)121 students involved in small group Bible studies.We engaged an average of 750 students each week through various programs across our three locations.We served more than 19,000 cups of coffee: and served more than 4,000 home cooked meals to hungry college students.196 students completed over 600 hours of community service in the last 12 months.84 students took steps of faith toward Jesus!

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 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.3%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 78.3%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.3%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.93; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.7%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.3% of revenue deployed · 78.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $529K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $106K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.