New Braunfels Christian Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262221231
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
New Braunfels, TX, United States
Phone
(830) 999-6226
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,788,479
Expenses
$1,740,034
Assets
$1,345,976
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JIM WESSON (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JIM WESSON (CEO): $116,378 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Sharing the love of Christ by investing in people. Volunteers in Medicine works together with patients, volunteers and community partners to affirm God-given value and multiply possibilities. Volunteers and staff provide quality medical and dental care at no charge to local uninsured patients. Together, we are greater than, disease, diagnosis and circumstance. FIND OUT MOREBECOME A VOLUNTEER love in action. Oakwood Church completes construction of new building where Volunteers in Medicine cares for patients 2021 Kids Club launches Kids Club Camp to provide students an engaging camp experience with field trips, rock climbing, academic teaching and more. Camp served students for 3 summers.

What it reported doing in 2025

Volunteers in Medicine staff and volunteers provide quality medical and dental care without charge to local uninsured patients. In 2025, 848 low-income adult patients received compassionate care at 5,850 medical and 1,084 dental appointments. The clinics diabetic education initiative equipped 77% of diabetic patients to maintain their A1c level below 9% in 2025, and preventive care initiatives provided breast cancer screenings for 70% of clinic female patients. Medical services are provided 5 days a week in New Braunfels and 1 day a week in Canyon Lake. Services include diagnosis and management of chronic diseases, laboratory analysis, treatment of acute illnesses, and preventative care. Dental services include basic dental care, dental hygiene, and restorative care. The clinic provides consistent access to health care services to adults who are ineligible for government-sponsored care and yet cannot afford to purchase insurance. In 2025, patients avoided $3.2 million in medical debt.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.7%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 81.6%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.03 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.7%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.7%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 79.7% of revenue deployed · 81.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $116K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 38/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.