Glory of Zion International Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752892493
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Denton, TX, USA
Phone
9403827231
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,383,882
Expenses
$19,791,039
Assets
$17,854,487
Liabilities
$793,405

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Charles D Pierce (President Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Charles D Pierce (President Director): $1,316,952 total reported compensation
  • John Mark Pierce (Dir Special Projects): $361,591 total reported compensation
  • Daniel Pierce (Pastor GZI Min Center): $277,056 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide and support Christian ministry throughout the world including but not limited to the training of people for Christian ministry and service, train Christian leaders in understanding the spiritual dynamics of their mission field, and how to establish, plant, and support Christian churches in the field.

What it reported doing in 2025

These are the general, non-specific ministry expenses of GZI. This Center is home to the Israel Prayer Garden, Beulah Acres Center, and Solomon's Porch. This portion of the ministry is used daily for community activities and helps to reveal what Israel will one day look like in full bloom. Master Gardeners, Master Naturalists and farmers throughout the entire region gather here to train for the future. Groups and organizations from all cities in the surrounding area use these facilities. This Center houses Restored Glory, a place where widows and retired individuals serve the community by helping to establish their dwelling places. We are in the process of completing the space called the Miracle Center to be used in many, many ways in days ahead. This Center also serves as the Emergency and Disaster Relief Center for the entire area. This is a sending Center for Kingdom Harvest Alliance to reach neighborhoods, cities, states, and nations throughout the earth.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 58% for direct work, and 42% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has grown recently. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 56
  • Accountability: 38
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.2%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 88.4%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Pass
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Limited
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.4%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.2% of revenue deployed · 88.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 8 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $17.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.3M · 13 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $740K reported
  • Consistency: 42 of 45 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 39 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 29 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.