Federation of Community Ministries of California

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770195794
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2009
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Phone
4088248212
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Interfaith

Reported finances

Revenue
$83,272
Expenses
$70,690
Assets
$107,717
Liabilities
$42,250

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gerald Grudzen (President & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Gerald Grudzen (President & CEO)
  • Linda Gonzales (CFO)
  • Marita Grudzen (Secretary)

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

Global Ministries University (GMU) is an interfaith and international online graduate school offering affordable courses, certificates, and graduate degrees in ministry, theology, interreligious studies, ethics, and peace studies. Embracing inclusivity and affirming the sacred in all traditions, GMU equips people from a variety of faiths and denominations to lead and minister with integrity, competence, and professionalism. GMU upholds the equality of persons and cultures, and practices openness toward diverse theological perspectives.

What it reported doing in 2024

Theology courses and the promotion of global studies

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 15
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 14.4%; rating input score 14
  • Program expense ratio: 17%; rating input score 17

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.1%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 49.7%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 14.4% of revenue deployed · 17% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 21 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 14/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.