Orthodox Christian Network
Legal name: Orthodox Christian Network Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 651105070
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Sunny Isles Beach, FL, USA
- Phone
- 1-888-696-2697
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religious Radio
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $533,039
- Expenses
- $386,805
- Assets
- $254,302
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- FR CHRISTOPHER T METROPULOS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- ELENI ALEXIOU (MANAGING DIRECTOR): $66,932 total reported compensation
- FR CHRISTOPHER T METROPULOS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $63,275 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
OCN is a nonprofit ministry created to communicate the beauty and richness of the Orthodox Christian faith to believers and seekers throughout North America and around the world. OCN is a ministry for anyone longing to connect with the faith of those who knew and walked beside Jesus — whether you’re learning about Orthodox Christianity for the first time or are a lifelong member of an Orthodox parish. The Orthodox Christian Network is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and all donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Our Mission. Our Mission To create a sustainable and effective witness for Orthodox Christianity throughout North America and around the world.
What it reported doing in 2025
Orthodox advocacy: the organization promotes orthodox christian perspectives on contemporary social, ethical, and humanitarian concerns. Programming addresses stewardship of creation and environmental responsibility; healthy marriages and spiritually grounded family life; respectful ecumenical and interfaith dialogue; and faith-informed participation in public discourse. Ocn also encourages reflection on issues of poverty, wealth, social justice, human dignity, religious freedom, and service to vulnerable populations in accordance with orthodox christian teachings.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 67
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 77
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57.3%; rating input score 57
- Program expense ratio: 79%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: $86.32 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 27.4%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 33.7%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 57.3% of revenue deployed · 79% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $306K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $67K · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.