One Bite at a Time Ministries
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 883271377
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Midland, TX, USA
- Phone
- 4328944016
- Rating
- 45
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cancer
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $87,895
- Expenses
- $39,686
- Assets
- $56,898
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAULA GOWER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- BRANDON BRUNSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- LANCE WELCH (BOARD PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- PAULA GOWER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- ALAN GOWER (DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR)
- JANET SMITH (SECRETARY)
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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of one bite at a time ministries is to provide resources to enable those battling cancer to fight with faith over fear. One bite at a time ministries was established with the desire to provide emotional, spiritual, financial and healing support for cancer patients which includes peace, hope, and trust.
What it reported doing in 2023
Support groups by providing classroom style support groups for patients in how to manage nutrician, basic care, supplemental medicines and enhance care.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% 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.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 4
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 2.7%; rating input score 3
- Program expense ratio: 6%; rating input score 6
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 54.8%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 20.2%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 2.7% of revenue deployed · 6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 3/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 6/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.