Grand Canyon University Spiritual Life Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 274818389
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 6026397284
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $22,825
- Expenses
- $71,796
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Timothy R Griffin (President)
People named in this filing
- Timothy R Griffin (President)
- Stacy Chabot (Secretary)
- MICAH BRECHTEL (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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization's primary exempt purpose is to impact the world for jesus christ through the outreach activities of the staff, students and friends of grand canyon university.
What it reported doing in 2016
The canyon student emergency fund (the fund) is to provide compassionate assistance to students in emergency situations. The bible in galations 6:2 teaches: "bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of christ." similarly, it teaches in deuteronomy 15:11 that: "for there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore i command you, 'you shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.'" the foundation believes that not only does the bible teach christians to provide for those in need, but that students must be able to focus on studies to be successful and if an emergency arises, financial resources have been tapped out and other assistances is unavailable, students should have a source where help might be available in a time of need. That is the purpose of the fund - to provide an independent resource for emergency assistance.the special fund was established in 2012 and is intended to assist undergraduate students during times of crisis by providing financial support where a clear need exists. Typical applications of this fund might include the purchase of airline tickets or gas money for a student to go home to attend the funeral of an immediate family member, money to help cover a medical emergency where insurance coverage is inadequate, money for groceries where there is financial urgency, or other crisis situations.
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
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 78% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 9
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 95.1%; rating input score 95
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: -214.5%; rating input score 4; 4th 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 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 115.6% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -36.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $68K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2015 to 2016
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.