Kenani Vou Methodist Church USA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842226592
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Phone
7076238621
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$345,441
Expenses
$221,029
Assets
$915,557
Liabilities
$510,000

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lekima Banuve (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Sekope Veisa (Senior Pastor): $73,604 total reported compensation
  • Lekima Banuve (CEO): $31,231 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To preach the good news about Jesus Christ to all the nation so they may believe in God attaining a change of life involving in the work of discipleship reaching a stage of spiritual maturity and empowered to go out into the world to preach about Jesus Christ.

What it reported doing in 2024

Salaries and Wages

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 82% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 5
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.6%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th 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: Missing
    • 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: 36%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.14; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.56; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 47.4%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 73.4% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.6% of revenue deployed · 74.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 75 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $221K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $74K · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.