Mater Media

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461193202
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Ellisville, MO, USA
Phone
3148078591
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$124,950
Expenses
$137,254
Assets
$138,599
Liabilities
$11,913

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER RZEPPA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JEFF PAULS PHD (PRESIDENT)
  • STEVE WILDT (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER RZEPPA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JEFF PAULS PHD (PRESIDENT)
  • STEVE WILDT (VICE PRESIDENT)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To make jesus christ more known and more loved by more people through media

What it reported doing in 2024

Live engagementthe celebrate catholic marriage experience directly benefited 400 married couples. Concerts served 100 people directly.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.8%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.9%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.