Ministry of the Cross
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 953850372
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2010
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2010
- Location
- Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8054928589
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Protestant
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $18,472
- Expenses
- $25,034
- Assets
- $18,362
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
See Note 1
What it reported doing in 2010
Through evangelism, gospel music, religious concerts, and the sale of musical tapes and CD's this Ministry brings the Word of the Lord to the people. There were 26 concerts and programs given for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2010. The concerts were given in California and Arizona. 553 CD's and 4 DVD's were sold & distributed during the reporting period. The organization's personnel traveled 10,997 miles in carrying out the Ministry's activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -35.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -17.6% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -22.9% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2009 to 2010
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.