Mother Bethel Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
233093000
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$146,891
Expenses
$65,074
Assets
$167,269

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Rev (Pastor Mother Bethel AME Church)
  • Roberta Alford (Board Member)
  • Dr Everod Coleman (Board Member)

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

The organization supports the religious and charitable mission of The Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church a 501c3 tax-exempt organization by raising and managing funds exclusively for the churchs capital campaigns. The organization collects contributions and directly pays contractors vendors and other project-related expenses for building improvements and major facility projects. Its sole purpose is to support long-term infrastructure needs that enable the church to fulfill its exempt mission.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024 the foundation substantially completed a historic preservation project to rehabilitate the deteriorated exterior windows of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church a historically significant African American church. This work was funded through a $90,000 Preserving Black Churches grant awarded by the National Trust for Historic Preservations African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund. The foundation managed the full project including contractor engagement and payments totaling $64,800. Restoration of the windows helped preserve the churchs structural integrity maintain its historic character and support ongoing community and religious use.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 44.1%; rating input score 44
  • Program expense ratio: 99.6%; rating input score 100

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: 55.7%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.57; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 35.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 43.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 35.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 44.1% of revenue deployed · 99.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $65K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.