Gospel Echoes Team Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
351389305
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Goshen, IN, USA
Phone
5745330221
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Inmate Support
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,590,330
Expenses
$1,128,913
Assets
$4,212,817
Liabilities
$229,843

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GLENDON BENDER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • GLENDON BENDER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $48,932 total reported compensation
  • TODD NEUSCHWANDER (TEAM LEADER): $37,158 total reported compensation
  • MARVIN R BEACHY (DIRECTOR EMERITUS): $32,153 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Christian ministry to assist prison chaplains, to encourage, evangelize, and disciple prisoners by supplying christian bible studies and literature, graders and volunteers, music,

What it reported doing in 2024

Minister to prisoners through music of live concerts and recordings, provide bibles and bible studies, evangelize, encourage, and minister to the spiritual and some physical needs of prisoners who request it through prayer, testimony, and tracts. Activities reach out to inmates in a direct manner to those who request assistance. Currently approximately 74,000 prisoners participate in bible studies and their study notes and quizzes are graded by 700 volunteer graders and employees of the organization. Prisoners benefit from the sharing of bibles, bible study materials, tracts, and christian spiritual truth.

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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some related-organization disclosures are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.1%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 80.3%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $187.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.73; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.9%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.1% of revenue deployed · 80.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $906K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $49K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and related organizations
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.