Pray Always Ministry
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 881323177
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Raleigh, NC, USA
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $109,016
- Expenses
- $99,304
- Assets
- $37,637
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Thomas Mabiala (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Thomas Mabiala (Executive Director)
- Jim Branch (Chairman)
- Ashlie Mann (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Pray Always Ministry is a response by believers in Jesus that we are to pray without ceasing as prescribed in 1 Thessalonians 5:17. Our ministry focuses on teaching people how to pray continuously for forgiveness of our sins and to seek Gods direction in leading our daily lives. Thomas Mabiala Executive Director activities include: 1. 35% Leading daily bible studies via online Zoom sessions 2. 35% Hosting in person ministry meetings to reach the homeless and broken hearted in the inner city of Raleigh 3. 10% Leading prayer training sessions at Capital Community Church 4. 5% Meeting with local pastors at New Hope Baptist on Friday evening. 5. 15% Meeting as requested for specific health related prayer requests. The ministry is funded by contributions from fellow believers in Christ through their donations of money and materials. 100% of all contributions are devoted to this ministry. Our ministry is dedicated to serving all mankind by sharing the power of prayer.
What it reported doing in 2024
MANA used as part of our outreach including Bibles reading glasses tracts and other Christian print material
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 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 61.5%; rating input score 61
- Program expense ratio: 67.5%; rating input score 67
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.9%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 49.4%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 61.5% of revenue deployed · 67.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $67K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.