Liminal Works Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842452346
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Tulsa, OK, USA
Phone
9185772228
Rating
55
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$590,750
Expenses
$575,519
Assets
$135,112
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Shari Marbois fmr (Co-exec. dir.): $114,241 total reported compensation
  • Christopher Mosher fmr (co-exec. dir.): $103,506 total reported compensation
  • Kristi Powell (Executive Dir.): $60,958 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Liminal is a Christian soul work organization that partners with church-based communities to create and execute groups, weekends, and other experiences that help you spiritually transform, know freedom, and live who the Creator meant you to be.

What it reported doing in 2023

Personal Coaching Liminal soul work coaching is a powerful means to create long-lasting transformation in your life. Our coaching method pulls together all the tools we use on weekends and in group to effectively laser in on the change that needs to occur. We all have deeply buried patterns, beliefs, obstacles, and coping strategies that impede our growth and impact our most important relationships. We help you safely deconstruct the stories, ways of thinking and self-sabotaging behaviors so you can construct the life you long to live. Because clarity and results come quickly, we find most people get to their goals within a three-to-six-month time period. We also offer custom one-time sessions for individuals and couples.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

MIXED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has grown recently. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 44
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.8%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 67.6%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.8 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th 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: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.6%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 48.4%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.8% of revenue deployed · 67.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 9 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $389K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $114K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2023
  • 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: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.