Penn Valley Christian Retreat
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 232508226
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2014
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2014
- Location
- McVeytown, PA, United States
- Phone
- 7178995000
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $291,915
- Expenses
- $311,114
- Assets
- $861,269
- Liabilities
- $6,833
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- ALVIN BEACHY (Chairman)
- LOREN YODER (Vice-Chairman)
- PHIL STOLTZFUS (Secretary/Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our purpose is the furtherance of Christ’s kingdom in a retreat setting where specific needs are ministered to through Bible teaching, discipleship, and encouragement. We support our Creator’s design in clear gender identity. Therefore we ask that men wear shirts and long pants and that ladies wear modest dresses. Since we believe that our bodies are to be the temple of the Holy Spirit, we ask that no alcohol or tobacco be used on the premises. Our Mission Statement. Penn Valley Christian Retreat is owned and operated by the Anabaptist group known as the Beachy Amish Mennonites. The board consists of seven members plus three ministerial advisers taken from the above group. Since we believe that our bodies are to be the temple of the Holy...
What it reported doing in 2014
Food, supplies, & seminar expenses - meal expense for meetings and gatherings
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 66% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Limited
- Other executive compensation review process: Limited
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.6%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.77; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $311K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.