Israelson Ministries International

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943120008
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Kirkland, WA, USA
Phone
4258839144
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$84,222
Expenses
$91,191
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Phillip K Israelson (President/Treasurer)
  • Carolyn J Israelson (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Phillip K Israelson (President/Treasurer)
  • Carolyn J Israelson (Vice President)
  • Donald Warner (Secretary)

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

To establish and maintain facilities to provide for the teaching and preaching of the Word of God as contained in the Holy Bible, to further the administration of the ordinances of the New Testament and the spiritual nourishment of those people receiving such ministry, to establish and support missionary functions for the purpose of world-wide evangelism. To provide charitable aid to foreign countries; to provide relief to refugees, impoverished residents, and immigrants.

What it reported doing in 2016

Educate Christians about their relationship to Israel, support world-wide Jewry and help reduce anti-semitism via on-site guided tours for approximately 22 people, seminars, cd's, informational literature and educational conferences.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 85% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.7%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 82.5%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.3%; rating input score 31; 31st 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: 5.7%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.6% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.7% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.7% of revenue deployed · 82.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $75K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2009 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.