Exponential Espanol
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 862080341
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Naperville, IL, USA
- Phone
- 6302964113
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $115,306
- Expenses
- $191,454
- Assets
- $39,604
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Obed Arellano (CEO)
People named in this filing
- Obed Arellano (CEO)
- Walter Angelica (Board Member)
- Noemi Chavez (Board Member)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Exponential Español hosted two conferences that provided valuable training and resources to about 500 pastors and church leaders. Through workshops and main session settings, participants were equipped with leadership tools, strategies, and actionable plans designed to foster the development of healthy, reproducing churches. The conferences served as a platform to inspire and empower leaders to strengthen their ministries and expand their impact within their communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2024, Exponential Español hosted three major conferences and several cohort gatherings that provided valuable training and resources to over 1,500 pastors and church leaders, including 350 in Los Angeles, 150 in Miami, and 250 in Charlotte. These gatherings, which included workshops, main sessions, and peer-to-peer engagement, equipped participants with leadership tools, church growth strategies, and actionable plans designed to foster the development of healthy, reproducing churches. A special emphasis was placed on serving Hispanic churches and pastors, offering culturally contextualized resources and support aimed at strengthening ministries and expanding community impact. Exponential Español continues to serve as a vital catalyst for church growth and leadership development, inspiring pastors and church leaders to faithfully serve their congregations and communities with clarity and purpose.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 17
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 68.8%; rating input score 69
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -66%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 26.1%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 68.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $132K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.