Newport News Potters House

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
134279128
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Newport News, VA, USA
Phone
7579455188
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$659,102
Expenses
$566,841
Assets
$1,006,785
Liabilities
$401,459

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Larry Mitchell (President/Pastor)

Highest reported compensation

  • Larry Mitchell (President/Pastor): $26,500 total reported compensation
  • Mona Mitchell (Secretary): $13,250 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Newport News Potters House mission it to take seriously Christ's commission to "go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature."

What it reported doing in 2025

Conducted church services, Bible studies, youth ministry, children's ministry, Sunday schools, and outreach.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 75% for direct work, and 25% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 14
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.3%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 94.6%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: $109.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 92.1%; rating input score 92; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.78; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.3% of revenue deployed · 94.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 2 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $536K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $26K · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.