Jesus Movement

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
884180223
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Lansing, MI, USA
Phone
5175997372
Rating
35
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,178
Expenses
$73,295
Assets
$834,326
Liabilities
$870,998

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jeremy Klepal (President/Pastor)
  • Amy Klepal (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Jeremy Klepal (President/Pastor): $4,971 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We exist to worship Jesus with passion and to serve families and people in need through ministry, outreach, and alternative educational opportunities.

What it reported doing in 2025

The church provides its building for use by various groups that offer alternative educational activities for families and children, including dance programs and youth initiatives. This supports the church's mission of serving families and the broader community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 61% for direct work, and 39% for grants.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 11
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 10
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 12.5%; rating input score 13
  • Program expense ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 10
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 0%; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -1,654.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.38; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.04; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.8%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 12.5% of revenue deployed · 10.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $5K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 13/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.