Kairos Church Planting

Legal name: Kairos Church Planting Support

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201234712
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Portland, OR, United States
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$468,460
Expenses
$482,102
Assets
$369,521
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRUCE BATES (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRUCE BATES (PRESIDENT): $79,392 total reported compensation
  • PATRICIA WYATT (SECRETARY): $70,000 total reported compensation
  • LISA REA (TREASURER): $20,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Support, Guide and Mentor Church Leaders – No One Plants Alone! Provide Assessments for Church Planters, Campus Ministers, and Apprenticeships Provide Education, Resources, and Strategy Labs. Kairos equips leaders to plant New Churches in New Places for New People. Kairos takes an individualized approach to church planting. There is not a typical formula, a standard type building or meeting place, or a specific demographic. The needs of every community are different. The talents and gifts of every church planter are unique. We used time-tested experience and wisdom to help each planter plan and navigate the vision God has placed on their heart. The church does not look like it did 20 years ago, nor should its approach to ministry. If you want to experience church growth, you have to meet people where they are. Thriving churches are outreach-focused. They are active and involved in...

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, kairos church planting engaged in the following activities which are directly related to our mission of starting new multiplying churches in america out of the fellowship of churches of christ. Assessment: discovery assessment lab for 10 people (january/february) 4 new church planters pathways assessment lab for 9 young adults (june) coaching church planters crisis intervention (tucson, az) church consulting (la mesa, ca) pre-launch skills coaching (haltom city, tx, laconia nh) post-launch continued coaching (tucson, az, la mesa, ca and other locales as needed) recruiting recruiting events to find new church planters and ministry leaders (gulf coast gelaway, harding inspire lectures, remission, renew, york university, Oklahoma state university, pepperdine harbor bible lectures) specific recruiting for boston, ma and fayetteville ar projects. Internal processes identify a new crm update bylaws add a new board member partnership development university church of christ, reach campus ministry, the conversation group, mrn, heritage21, resoration church planting executives, send network, bridgepointe christian church fundraising grant writing (heritage21, shumard foundation, pepperdine university) fundraising for staff members from individuals and churches fundraising for the general fund from individuals and churches ongoing donor engagement through individual and mass communication and in- person events

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.9%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 64.9%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 11
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.9%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 35.1%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.4% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 66.9% of revenue deployed · 64.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $313K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $79K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.