North Raleigh Ministries

Legal name: North Raleigh Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
200496814
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Raleigh, NC, United States
Phone
(919) 844-6676
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,558,851
Expenses
$4,568,289
Assets
$7,964,421
Liabilities
$2,502,772

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DONNA PYGOTT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ENDING 10/31/2024))

Highest reported compensation

  • DONNA PYGOTT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ENDING 10/31/2024)): $150,675 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To equip families and individuals in crisis with the resources and skills needed to achieve stability. Person Centered** – An overarching approach that values the unique experiences, feelings and perspectives of each individual and allows a tailored approach to engagement and change Solution Focused** – A model of support focused on leveraging an individual’s strengths, resources, and past successes to envision and create a path toward their desired future Empowerment Driven** – A process in which one increases their ownership, agency, and choice on their journey toward personal growth and positive change.

What it reported doing in 2024

Other program services: north raleigh ministries provides pastoral care and coaching programs. Nrm offers 2 different coaching programs- journey and transitions. Participants partner with a professional coach to transform their life with purpose and arrive at a place of financial preparedness. Our coaches are trained in evidence based internvention to help clients work through financial and related challenges. We had a 19% increase in particpation during 2024. During our pastoral care programs, particpants in our community receive encouragement on their path to emotional and spiritual healing, emerging motivated to tackle the stressful areas of their life. This is achieved by one of our 3 areas of pastoral care: guidance and supprt, building hope small groups and/or our pathways program. During 2024, the pastoral care team connected with 156 individuals receiving crisis food assitance who sought support beyond food. The pastoral care team also connected with 386 community members who came to us in a fiancial crisis. We also particpate in various outreach and education opportunities in our community. Outreach enables us to work with surrounding community members and partners to meet the needs of our community as well as educate how nrm supports the local community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.5%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 86.6%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $36.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.8%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.74; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 73.5% of revenue deployed · 86.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $151K · 8 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.