Prisoners of Christ Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
593004784
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Jacksonville, FL, USA
Phone
9043588866
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$534,716
Expenses
$447,540
Assets
$1,715,274
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • JEFFREY R WITT (EXECUTIVE DI): $106,710 total reported compensation
  • ALEC LAWSON (VICE PRESIDE): $8,560 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Prisoners of christ exists to provide individuals with a genuine opportunity for a second chance. We support formerly incarcerated individuals through employment assistance, life skills training, and residential reentry programs-equipping them to successfully reintegrate into society. Our work helps reduce recidivism, lower taxpayer costs, prevent future victimization, and promote restorative justice within our communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, prisoners of christ (poc) provided residential reentry services to 32 individuals, resulting in an estimated savings of 1,159,584.00 in taxpayer dollars, based on the Florida department of correction's reported annual cost of 36,237.00 per incarcerated person (fdc annual report 2024-2025). Three program graduates completed our 12-month residential reentry program, one, after being sentenced to life for crimes committed as juvenile. Due to this being a twelve-month program, many more are scheduled to graduate in 2026. Poc equips individuals like these with the tools and support needed to reintegrate successfully into society and live productive, law-abiding lives. Additionally, approximately 65 individuals received employment assistance and workforce development training, and a similar number participated in weekly life skills classes. These services are offered at no cost to those impacted by the criminal justice system and are designed to help reverse the long-term criminogenic effects of incarceration. With duval county reporting the highest gang conviction rate in Florida, and an estimated 80-100 individuals returning from prison to the county each month, the need for reentry support is significant. Ministries like prisoners of christ play a critical role in disrupting cycles of incarceration and promoting safer, stronger communities. Last year (2024) line 4a - in 2024, prisoners of christ (poc) provided residential reentryservices to 34 individuals, resulting in an estimated savings of 1,181,804.30 in taxpayer dollars, based on the Florida department of corrections' reported cost of 95.23 per day per incarcerated person (fdc annual report 2023-2024). Six program graduates completed our 12-month residential reentry program after being sentenced to life for crimes committed as juveniles. (they were released after a change in the law). Each had served a minimum of 29 years-one participant was incarcerated at age 17 and released after 40 years, while another was convicted at age 13 and served 30 years. Poc equips individuals like these with the tools and support needed to reintegrate successfully into society and live productive, law-abiding lives. Additionally, approximately 70 individuals received employment assistance and workforce development training, and a similar number participated in weekly life skills classes. These services are offered at no cost to those impacted by the criminal justice system and are designed to help reverse the long-term criminogenic effects of incarceration. With duval county reporting the highest gang conviction rate in Florida, and an estimated 80-100 individuals returning from prison to the county each month, the need for reentry support is significant. Ministries like prisoners of christ play a critical role in disrupting cycles of incarceration and promoting safer, stronger communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% 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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.1%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 77.1%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.83; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.1% of revenue deployed · 77.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $345K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $107K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.