National Christian Foundation
Legal name: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 581493949
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Alpharetta, GA, United States
- Phone
- 4042520100
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,300,091,756
- Expenses
- $2,701,290,053
- Assets
- $6,064,060,160
- Liabilities
- $33,687,475
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
33 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KENDRA VANDERMEULEN (CEO)
- MICHAEL O NEILL (PRESIDENT, NCF NORTH EAST)
Highest reported compensation
- DAVID JOHNSON (TREASURER): $384,677 total reported compensation
- GREGORY MAULDIN (GEN COUNSEL & SECRETARY): $384,569 total reported compensation
- JOHN KIM (SVP, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING): $383,934 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Your goal is to give wisely. Our mission is to help. At NCF, we understand you want to be a good steward of all God has entrusted to you. That’s why we come alongside you with shared biblical values, innovative charitable solutions, and highly personalized service, so you can give more strategically and with greater purpose. Since 1982, generous givers at NCF have mobilized more than $25 billion for 90,000+ churches, ministries, and charities. If you’re looking for a trusted Christian giving and granting partner, let’s start a conversation today.
What it reported doing in 2024
The national christian charitable foundation (nccf) and its supporting organizations exist to support christian ministry in the united states by making grants to 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, in most cases, christian charities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 68
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 82
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.8%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 96.6%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: $246.03 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 98.9%; rating input score 99; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 18.1%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.24; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 82.8% of revenue deployed · 96.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.6B in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $385K · 33 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $11.3M reported
- Consistency: 33 of 35 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.