Expressions of Faith Incorporated

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841695195
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Carbondale, IL, USA
Phone
6183035286
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$63,067
Expenses
$68,670
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$10,343

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Deborah Gates-Burklow (President)

People named in this filing

  • Deborah Gates-Burklow (President)
  • Janice Staab (Secretary)
  • Michael Settle (Treasurer)

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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Mission of Expressions of Faith, Incorporated is to add value to the lives of others by promoting holistic living through developmental, educational, recreational and spiritual programming. The objectives are to: Increase multicultural awareness, relationships and appreciation among the members of the community.

What it reported doing in 2014

The mission of the Language and Cultural Services program is to provide the underserved limited English proficiency population with tools to improve their mental, physical and spiritual well being leading to their successful integration into the community as productive members. LCS mentors who are proficient in the English language/American cultural as well as the target language/cultural are professionally trained as mentors and medical interpreters. They provide language and cultural bridging and advocacy, needs assessments and social service referrals and follow up. In 2014 LCS increased its outreach and educational efforts to undocumented individuals & families as well as outreach & assistance to persons seeking asylum and refugee status due to the immigration reforms We increased our collaboration with the Immigration Project and the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project. There are 2 other organizations that are now covering Spanish language interpretation in the area for the major health conglomerates LCS therefore has developed more of an outreach into the higher risk and under-served persons of our communities

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 98% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 65.2%; rating input score 65

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: -8.9%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -43.4% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -36.8% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -58.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71% of revenue deployed · 65.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $45K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2013 to 2014
  • 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.

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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.