Plymouth United Church of Christ
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 741147422
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2020
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020
- Location
- Spring, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2812518147
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $191,598
- Expenses
- $260,521
- Assets
- $1,290,166
- Liabilities
- $8,460
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Mak Kneebone (Pastor): $73,181 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Plymouth United Church identity statement is: We celebrate that everyone deserves a house of God to call their own and to perceive the voice of God at every gathering. We value the opportunity to question our beliefs and to seek the presence of God in our daily lives. We strive to be an extravagant voice for love and to enrich and serve our wider community.
What it reported doing in 2020
Loose Offering: From Sunday Jan 5, 2020 through Sunday march 8, 2020 Plymouth United Church services were held in person. Beginning Sunday March 15 services were held via Facebooks. A Loose Offerings organization was listed for every service. Charitable organizations are selected each week to be highlighted in addition to contributions to the running of the Church. In 2020 fifteen of the these organizations were UCC related programs: SC Friends of the Conference, Back Bay and CWS Mission Kits; UCC Child Support, Slumber Falls Camp; Strengthen the Church; UCC Open and Affirming; Plymouth Village Turkey Fund; Our Churches Wider Mission; Settigast Heights Turkey Fund; UCC Disaster Relief Fund - Huricane Laura; Neighbors in Need; UCC Recovering Hope; Christmas Fund. Support of Northwest Assistance Ministries (NAM) was continued with Loose Offerings to: NAM Souper Bowl of Caring; NAM Meals on Wheels; NAM Domestic Violence Center; NAM Children's Clinic; NAM Ani-Meals on Wheels. New organization were added in 2020: Born This Way; Beauty After Bruises; Pastors for Texas Children; Tony's Place; Second Servings of Houston; UCC Recovering Hope; Houston Family.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 73.9%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: $17.02 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: -36%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.95; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 28.1%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 73.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $192K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $73K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2018 to 2020
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.