Guardian Ministry
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 851418060
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Austin, TX, USA
- Phone
- 5125235568
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $12,203
- Expenses
- $12,203
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- Jason Todd Yates (Co-founder)
- Sigvard Anthony Swanstrom (Co-founder)
- James Stegman (Executive Partner)
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
What is the purpose of Guardian Chaplains? Guardian Chaplains is an educational community that recruits, trains, and ordains/licenses new chaplains in support of our first responders. We also provide continuing education for chaplains to expand their skills and earn specialty certifications. Finally, Guardian Chaplains offers an online professional community for its members. Guardian Chaplains offers cutting-edge online educational tools that are either low-cost or free. Our training is quick to obtain and geared toward specific needs and areas of service. Our educational model also promotes and encourages lifelong learning. Guardian Chaplains is supported by a backbone of experienced volunteers, including seasoned chaplains, counselors and therapists, psychologists, seminary professors, scholars, education specialists, and tech experts. This diverse team allows us to deliver high-quality and time-efficient online training online.
What it reported doing in 2024
Total programs 1 Guardian Chaplains What is the purpose of Guardian Chaplains? Guardian Chaplains is an educational community that recruits, trains, and ordains/licenses new chaplains in support of our first responders. We also provide continuing education for chaplains to expand their skills and earn specialty certifications. Finally, Guardian Chaplains offers an online professional community for its members. Guardian Chaplains offers cutting-edge online educational tools that are either low-cost or free. Our training is quick to obtain and geared toward specific needs and areas of service. Our educational model also promotes and encourages lifelong learning. Guardian Chaplains is supported by a backbone of experienced volunteers, including seasoned chaplains, counselors and therapists, psychologists, seminary professors, scholars, education specialists, and tech experts. This diverse team allows us to deliver high-quality and time-efficient online training at an affordable price. Subject area: Education Health Public safety and disaster management Religion International human rights Population served: Religious groups Military personnel Veterans Emergency responders Activists Geographic area served: North America Our focus Subject area Community and economic development icon Community and economic development - Community service Human services icon Human services - Human services information - Victim aid - Human services management International human rights icon International human rights - Freedom from violence and torture - Freedom of religion and belief - Police reform Public affairs icon Public affairs - Leadership development Education icon Education - Out-of-school learning - Cooperative education - E-learning Religion icon Religion Public safety and disaster management icon Public safety and disaster management Population served General population| Religious groups| Activists| Emergency responders| Veterans| Military personnel Geographic area served North America
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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.3%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 63.9%; rating input score 64
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.3% of revenue deployed · 63.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.