Ezra Journey
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 861832432
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Columbia, SC, USA
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $166,743
- Expenses
- $107,128
- Assets
- $130,717
- Liabilities
- $687
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- William H Jones (Chairman)
- Jim Morgan (Director)
- Cubby Culbertson (Director)
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
The Ezra Journey takes its name from Ezra 7:10, which says, For Ezra firmly set his heart to study the Law of the Lord and to practice it and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel. Ezra, a faithful scribe during the days of the Old Testament, made three resolutions. He committed himself first to study the Scriptures. Yet, he didnt stop there. He further resolved to obey what he learned. He was not satisfied with just the information in his head, he wanted transformation in his life. Finally, Ezra purposed to teach Gods Word to others.
What it reported doing in 2025
The Ezra Journey provides resources for the journey of learning, practicing, and teaching Gods Word to others. The 2025 year ended with 438 participants in course studies and 776 subscriptions to online devotionals.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 64.2%; rating input score 64
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: 35.8%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.22; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 33.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 32.4% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 31.2% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 64.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $107K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.