New Song Ministries of Milwaukee
Legal name: New Song Ministries of Milwaukee Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 391791160
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Kenosha, WI, USA
- Phone
- (888) 936-2084
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Interfaith Coalitions
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $51,360
- Expenses
- $40,415
- Assets
- $118,697
- Liabilities
- $88,430
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MIKE RODGERS (President)
- DEBORAH RODGERS (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- MIKE RODGERS (President)
- DEBORAH RODGERS (Vice President)
- EDWARD MITCHELL (Director)
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
A place to find community together, a place to be lead by Christ. The idea of community and helping one another is what New Song Ministries is attempting to do through our Sunday night fellowship, which occurs after our church service at The Salvation Army. We have a time of encouraging one another, praying for each other, and networking regarding job opportunities and housing that may be available. New Song Ministries wants to help our clients to have changed lives through Jesus Christ. Founded by Pastor Jerry Christiansen, New Song was born from a need he recognized himself while serving time; he found Jesus behind bars and, upon release, saw a gap between where he was coming from and the community he was trying to reintegrate to. New Song came together as a bridge to support and guide the incarcerated back into society, aiming to help reduce recidivism.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provide transitional services to 158 ex-offenders upon returning to the community from jails and prisons to promote individual and family growth and public safety and reduce recidivism. Continued support services of over 500 ex-offenders helped in prior years that are doing well
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Liabilities are high compared with assets and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.3%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 97%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 21.3%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.94; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.75; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 76.3% of revenue deployed · 97% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $39K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.