Preaching Peace

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
261092620
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2015
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
Lancaster, PA, USA
Phone
7173921550
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protestant
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$146,048
Expenses
$144,532
Assets
$16,050
Liabilities
$2,886

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ROBERT WYBLE (CHAIRMAN)
  • LORRI HARDIN (VICE CHAIR)
  • RICHARD LEAMAN (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Educating clergy and laity of jesus' teaching about peace.

What it reported doing in 2015

While conducting seminars and meetings this year, preaching peace has educated over 1,200 persons, including church clergy and laity, regarding jesus' teaching about peace. Interviews and teaching via podcasts reached an additional 5,000 plus persons. Video presentations on the preaching peace's youtube channel and the preaching peace website were viewed by over 6,000 people. Daily posts on our fb pages providing reflections on peace theology are regularly read by over 5,000 laity and clergy. Downloadable resources such as videos, podcasts and books used for adult education in churches and small groups reached an additional 2500 pefrsons. The preaching peace website continues to provide instruction to over 6000 clergy per month in a peace intrepretation of the gospel lectionary texts.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 49
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.1%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 49.6%; rating input score 50

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 46.9%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.2% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.1% of revenue deployed · 49.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $72K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2009 to 2015
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.