Allen Jackson Ministries
Legal name: Intend Ministries
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273496928
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- Murfreesboro, TN, United States
- Phone
- 1-855-627-7296
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,699,559
- Expenses
- $12,800,658
- Assets
- $5,508,730
- Liabilities
- $438,343
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- G ALLEN JACKSON (PRESIDENT &)
People named in this filing
- G ALLEN JACKSON (PRESIDENT &)
- PHILLIP A JACKSON (VICE PRESIDE)
- WILLIAM L TAYLOR II (SEC/TREAS &)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Taking the mission to the nation and beyond! Allen Jackson Ministries helps people become more fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ through television, radio, the internet, books, and more. Our messages feature Pastor Allen’s sermons, which he delivers several times a week at World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Our ministry believes that salvation is a gift that is received by humble repentance and faith in Jesus Christ and His finished work on the cross. Our beliefs also align with the Apostles’ Creed, a set of tenets that originate from the early Christian Church:.
What it reported doing in 2024
Intend ministries creates and distributes biblical study materials. These materials are designed to deepen the user's understanding of god's word. In addition to publishing books, the ministry has created daily devotionals, a bible reading plan, and bible studies and dvds designed for believers to invite family, friends, and neighbors into their homes to listen to a dvd and teaching study by pastor allen jackson and to participate in a discussion of various biblical principles for application to everyday life. During 2024, the ministry distributed over 54,600 books/bible studies/dvds.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.7%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $21.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.9%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 33.4% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 33.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 33.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 81.7% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $11.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $927K reported
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.