Passionlife Ministries Inc

What it reported doing in 2020

During the past year, PassionLife designed, produced, manufactured, distributed and presented educational materials related to bio-ethics, pregnancy and fetal health in the provinces of China, Cuba, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Taiwan, Columbia, Peru, Mexico and Nigeria. Using a training for trainer model, PassionLife provided bioethical training to community leaders and practical training in establishing local based, pregnancy crisis intervention services.PassionLife trained 265 pregnancy help organizational leaders across the US in crisis intervention strategies. They in turn, trained their staff and volunteers (approximately 1,800). In China, our intervention teams directly assisted 182 mothers and couples in a pregnancy-related crisis and successfully helped them find the resources needed to have their babies. Another 385 people were equipped to offer intervention services in their local church and neighborhood. In India, Covid-19 forced the suspension of all planned leadership training, though training materials flowed freely using the internet. In Vietnam, in spite of Covid restrictions in the last half of the year, over 1,100 Church leaders were trained in bioethics and crisis intervention. They, in turn, taught approximately 3,200 local church members in crisis intervention counseling and direct outreach to mothers in crisis. In Cuba, 80 volunteers were trained, and they provided pregnancy help services to 375 mothers. In Mexico, 127 pastors and church leaders were equipped to teach bioethics and crisis intervention service to their churches. But the biggest impact this past year was in Colombia. About 210 pastors from Bogota, Medellin and Cali gathered to learn bioethics and crisis intervention and how to rapidly train their church members. They set out to teach an addition 1,100 pastors in bioethics and set a goal that by the end of 2021, they would equip 184,000 people in their communities to help mothers and couples in a pregnancy related crisis. Best reports to date show they have reached about 90,000 people so far. Out of this effort in Colombia, the first pregnancy help medical clinic in Bogota was opened and is now assisting mothers in crisis on a daily basis.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 60.2%; rating input score 60
• Program expense ratio: 65.1%; rating input score 65
• Fundraising efficiency: $6.06 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Fail
  • Conducts site visits: Pass
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • 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: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 7.6%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.8%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings