Gntv

Legal name: Macon Urban Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237205154
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2020
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2020
Location
Macon, GA, US
Phone
(478) 745-2366
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religious Television
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,144,176
Expenses
$1,155,838
Assets
$2,354,932
Liabilities
$731,782

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rev James Duke Jr (President)
  • Dr Rick Lanford (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Rev David Wood (Executive Dir.): $72,817 total reported compensation
  • Rev Donald Wood (Board Member): $840 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Macon Urban Ministries is the parent ministry of GNTV, providing media ministry support including lights, sound, and video for church events, retreats, and concerts.

What it reported doing in 2020

Film production - Preparing educational, religious, and promotional ideas primarily for church and religious organizations and church affiliated educational institutions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 88% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.9%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 75.8%; rating input score 76
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.04; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.4%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 76.9% of revenue deployed · 75.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $876K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $73K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2020
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.