Encounters In Archaeology
Legal name: Encounters in Archaeology Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 833580149
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- LaGrange, GA, USA
- Phone
- (706) 298-7393
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Support N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $63,950
- Expenses
- $130,005
- Assets
- $59,682
- Liabilities
- $397
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JAMES FLEMING (President)
People named in this filing
- JAMES FLEMING (President)
- BRENT CONRAD (Director)
- BETTY GAMBLE (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We endeavor to bring to life the historical-geographical settings and stories of the Bible so people can experience history where it happened, and as a result, grow and be fruitful in their lives and ministries.
What it reported doing in 2025
Development of a sea of galilee encounter exhibit in lagrange, ga to bring to life the historical-geographical settings and stories of the bible so people can experience history where it happened, and as a result, grow and be fruitful in their lives and ministries.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 70.1%; rating input score 70
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -103.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.3% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 6 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 70.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $91K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.