Engaging Heaven Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
320193989
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
New London, CT, USA
Phone
8609415398
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Management & Technical Assistance
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,034,121
Expenses
$991,643
Assets
$1,889,573
Liabilities
$1,594,282

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES LEVESQUE (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAMES LEVESQUE (President): $84,000 total reported compensation
  • DEBBIE LEVESQUE (Dept Head): $12,480 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

A fellowship Church of Christians who are living in and around New London, West Haven and Hartford, CT - outreach programs (including feeding programs), Church worship services, prayer and teaching - all

What it reported doing in 2022

Worship services in 4 locations, breakfast feeding program, connect groups teaching life skills, Friday fire events, Saturday souling and "reach the beach" (outdoor outreach), daily inspirational video blog, evangelism, worship events and children's ministry

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has grown recently. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 47
  • Accountability: 48
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.9%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 97.9%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 72.7%; rating input score 73; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.1%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.91; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.84; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.9% of revenue deployed · 97.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $992K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $84K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 31 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX DepreciationDepletion column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.