Lawrence Chinese Evangelical Church
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 481163386
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Lawrence, KS, USA
- Phone
- 7858308021
- Rating
- 51
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Protestant
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $70,335
- Expenses
- $68,645
- Assets
- $311,628
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jesse Song (Board President)
People named in this filing
- Wing Kin Li (Minister)
- Jesse Song (Board President)
- Sheng-Xue Xie (Treasurer)
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
The church was established to worship God and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ through the means of bible instruction and fellowship among the members and visitors, and through involvement in the needs of society. Church routine activities are conducted on a weekly basis. The operation of LCEC is governed by the coworkers committee, which consists of 9 volunteers elected every year by regular church members. All coworkers committee members must review and approve the Form 990 before its filing with IRS. The coworkers committee performs an annual review of the conflict of interest policy on our church minister and the church governing body. LCEC's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements including the Form 990 are stored in the church's library, and made available for public reviews at all time.
What it reported doing in 2016
Friday bible study fellowship and Wednesday prayer meeting - Friday fellowship includes adult singspiration and bible group study, and children bible study and fellowship. Open to Public.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 63% for direct work, and 37% for grants.
The verdict
MIXED - 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: 30
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 30.3%; rating input score 30
- Program expense ratio: 31.1%; rating input score 31
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.4%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.54; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 51.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 30.3% of revenue deployed · 31.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $21K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 31/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.