Higher Purpose

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
800513086
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
San Gabriel, CA, USA
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$144,440
Expenses
$125,539
Assets
$68,682

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Bumjoo Huh (President and Executive Director)
  • William Chen (Board Member and Executive Director)
  • Harry Tom (Executive Director)
  • Rev Moussa Bongoyok (Executive Director)
  • Rev Banner Makan (Executive Director)
  • Brent Fulton (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Dennis Lautzenheiser (Board Chair and Secretary)
  • Dan Moore (Board member)
  • Mbamba Bongoyok (Treasurer)

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

The purpose of the organization is to conduct the works of the Church in a variety of ministries including church worship and fellowship meetings conducted by ordained pastors ministries spreading the Christian gospel and carrying on humanitarian and development activities both locally and abroad and providing services and charitable aid to those in need.

What it reported doing in 2024

Francophone Center for Mission - is a ministry in French speaking Africa to conduct church conferences 2 each year and economic development projects,. Prison ministries are also conducted. In current year published 4 books on mission work Trained 187 persons for ministry and spoke to international gather of more than 5000 mission leaders in Mali

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.3%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 98.1%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.1%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.5%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -15.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.3% of revenue deployed · 98.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 6 filed program accomplishments · $123K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.