Encore Ministry Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872083797
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Brentwood, TN, USA
Phone
6156603509
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,271,533
Expenses
$653,848
Assets
$834,695
Liabilities
$27,340

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN RIVAS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN RIVAS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $78,333 total reported compensation
  • RICHARD GENTZLER (DIRECTOR): $66,667 total reported compensation
  • CINDY SOLOMON (OPERATIONS DIRECTOR): $39,936 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Encore ministry foundation is a ministry by, with, and for older adults providing quality resources and collaborative solutions empowering older adults to experience grace-filled lives

What it reported doing in 2025

Grants made by encore ministry foundation helped fund a variety of projects benefitting older adults. Grants given in 2025 supported: - the funding of a food ministry program, of which 1/3 to 1/2 of the recipients are over the age of 65. - an exercise program that offered participants a unique opportunity to improve their physical health while fostering a sense of community - a program for seniors ages 70-90 to gather for fellowship, physical activity, spiritual formation, and nutritious meals. - food pantry and other programs that provide essential needs and services to seniors facing isolation, medical challenges, and emotional strain

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 57% for direct work, and 43% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 78
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.6%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 69.5%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 55.9%; rating input score 56; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 48.6%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.6% of revenue deployed · 69.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $455K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $78K · 25 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 31 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 34/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.