Issachar Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 824116357
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Denver, CO, USA
- Phone
- 7204491232
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $504,580
- Expenses
- $497,027
- Assets
- $226,976
- Liabilities
- $10,875
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Scott Lundeen (CEO)
- Juan Carlos Morarie (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Scott Lundeen (CEO): $136,959 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Issachar Center catalyzes followers of Jesus for a lifetime of leadership in urban communities. The center equips and convenes urban Christian leaders for personal growth and public impact.
What it reported doing in 2024
The issachar center equip program uses cohorts to prepare urban christian leaders at various stages of leadership to be 5 marks leaders: rooted in christ, professional in their calling, relentless in justice and reconciliation, healthy in relationships, and collective in approach. Their 6-session "called to govern" cohorts help leaders to discern their callings in light of the times and identify the personal work needed to live audaciously in leveraging their resources to build ecosystems that embody the kingdom of god. The year-long issachar leadership collective infuses social capital into entrepreneurs and executives that have demonstrated effectiveness - eradicating isolation, turning like-minded and devoted individuals into a collaborative network, and providing tangible and nuanced training that integrates issachar's 5 marks. Issachar's explore program last spring provided training and connections to help young leaders grow in faith, health, relationships, and leadership.during fiscal year 2024, 93 leaders were equipped through leadership collectives, sandy cohorts, elder and alumni gatherings, and calls to govern.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 86% 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.
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.8%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $23.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.5%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 27.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21.4% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.8% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $422K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $137K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.