PowerPoint Ministries
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 752534680
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Plano, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9728205415
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Protestant
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,372,899
- Expenses
- $6,340,279
- Assets
- $2,095,208
- Liabilities
- $204,335
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Scott Seal (Executive Director/President)
Highest reported compensation
- Jason Graham (Chief Operating Officer/Secretary): $228,980 total reported compensation
- Scott Seal (Executive Director/President): $111,936 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To glorify God by introducing Jesus Christ as Lord to as many people as possible and to develop them in Christian living using the most effective means to impact the world, making a positive difference in this generation.
What it reported doing in 2024
Spreading the Gospel message by providing broadcasting services to approximately 700 cities domestically and 100 countries, through radio, TV, internet, and social media. Ministry messages are also broadcast through the internet and print medium. In addition, materials are made available to listeners to encourage them in Christian living. The Organization also ministers to those who contact the ministry via phone. The Organization conducts all of these activities in collaboration with cooperative local churches to further a shared religious mission of spreading the Gospel message. Additionally, the Organization provides resources to local churches and local church members to support the discipleship of these congregations. The Organization also assists in equipping local churches in establishing radio programs and ministries and refers its listeners to its cooperative local churches for ongoing participation in a local church community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.5%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 73.7%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -18%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.5% of revenue deployed · 73.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $229K · 11 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $1.8M reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 21/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.