Missouri Baptist Children's Home
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 430697046
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Bridgeton, MO, USA
- Phone
- 314-739-6811; 800-264-6224 (Lowe-Frillman Campus)
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,563,926
- Expenses
- $4,530,526
- Assets
- $32,156,892
- Liabilities
- $188,730
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
35 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RUSSELL MARTIN (PRESIDENT (OUTGOING))
- JUSTON GATES (PRESIDENT)
- ANDY HELTON (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/)
Highest reported compensation
- RUSSELL MARTIN (PRESIDENT (OUTGOING)): $149,679 total reported compensation
- ANDY HELTON (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/): $132,211 total reported compensation
- JUSTON GATES (PRESIDENT): $78,477 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Missouri Baptist Children’s Home is committed to serving God by responding to the needs of children, youth and families to make a lasting difference in their lives. These children often feel angry or upset because of the traumatic experiences they have had. They need time to learn that adults can be trusted, they are not going to be hurt anymore and there are acceptable ways to express their feelings. Children and youth who have experienced trauma need connection and relationships. They need to be empowered and need help in learning how to self-regulate. MBCH Children and Family Ministries’ foster parents are given training on how to provide trauma-informed care to children/youth placed in their homes as well as to the families of these children and youth. MBCH Children and Family Ministries needs homes for all types of children, but the majority of chi.
What it reported doing in 2024
To provide support to various affiliated agencies to ensure their ability to carry out their mission.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 42% for direct work, and 58% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 98
- Sustainability: 76
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.3%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 70.5%; rating input score 70
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th 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: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 97%; rating input score 97; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 18.6%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.1; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 67.3% of revenue deployed · 70.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 32 of 33 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $150K · 35 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $143K reported
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 7 filed related-organization links
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.