European Christian Mission

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231663798
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Point Roberts, WA, USA
Phone
6048347618
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$898,088
Expenses
$937,076
Assets
$796,971
Liabilities
$10,556

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Rev Vincent C Price (Secretary): $60,295 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Evangelism Biblical teaching Church planting and development training Christian workers Pastoral care and helps and humanitarian aid.

What it reported doing in 2025

Theological Training - ECM provides support to missionaries and teachers who are actively providing theological training to men and women. Included in the amount: 1 ECM transferred funds $102,136 to Tyndale Theological Seminary for the purpose of supporting an ECM missionary teaching and translating at the Seminary in the Netherlands. 2 ECM transferred funds to our ministry Partners in the Baptist Union of Ukraine a $98,800 to Zaporizhzhia Bible Seminary ZBS for the purpose of supporting staff and students in teaching and training for mission work b $77,500 to Christian Medical Assoc for the purpose of humanitarian support and help for the church and aid in the area because of the current war situation. 3 ECM transferred funds $78,550 to Theological Seminary of Armenia for the purpose of support of teaching at the Seminary in Armenia.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% 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 the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.7%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 91.8%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.3%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.7% of revenue deployed · 91.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $860K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $60K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 44 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.