Ministries in Action Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
591569112
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2012
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2012
Location
Margate, FL, USA
Phone
9542634878
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$85,099
Expenses
$88,508
Assets
$7,990

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide economic, physical, and social opportunities through evangelism, discipleship, education, and helping those in need.

What it reported doing in 2012

Project ebenezer - development of a holistic ministry serving the physical and spiritual needs of a community. The holistic ministry is implemented through the local church through two types of avenues, service ministries and biblicaly based enterprises. Service ministries include clinics, schools, low income housing, literacy, instruction on basic hygiene and child care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.6%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 60.9%; rating input score 61

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -76.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -56.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.6% of revenue deployed · 60.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $54K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $5K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.