Prison Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
561966935
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Raleigh, NC, USA
Phone
9197906987
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Libraries
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,130,177
Expenses
$3,002,838
Assets
$1,959,863
Liabilities
$502,038

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TIM CURINGTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • TIM CURINGTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $91,333 total reported compensation
  • HEATH PLACEK (DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICAT): $86,312 total reported compensation
  • CLEVER PRINCE (OPERATIONS DIRECTOR): $57,950 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To share the gospel of jesus christ with incarcerated individuals through bible studies and christian resources.

What it reported doing in 2025

During 2025, prison alliance distributed 302,831 bibles and christian books free of charge to incarcerated individuals throughout the united states. Through its bible study correspondence ministry, volunteers reviewed and responded to 18,347 bible study lessons, encouraging participants in their spiritual growth and discipleship. The ministry was supported by 2,174 volunteers who contributed approximately 90,150 hours of service. In addition to serving correctional facilities throughout the united states, prison alliance partnered with ministries around the world to provide bible studies and christian resources to incarcerated individuals internationally. Using North Carolina's estimated volunteer hourly value of $34.34, these volunteer services represented approximately $3.1 million in contributed labor.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.2%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 78.9%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th 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: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.1%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.2% of revenue deployed · 78.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.