Radio by Grace
Legal name: Radio by Grace Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 831745469
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Amarillo, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8885333551
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $779,376
- Expenses
- $869,141
- Assets
- $10,333,507
- Liabilities
- $752,188
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WILLIAM GEHM (PRESIDENT/DI)
People named in this filing
- WILLIAM GEHM (PRESIDENT/DI)
- RIC VOGELGESANG (TREASURER/DI)
- MIKE KESSELL (SEC/DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Radio By Grace, Inc. exists to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ by providing an excellent source of Christian radio to a modern generation of listeners. We are committed to build the local church, serve the local community, and to spread the truth of God’s word with passion and conviction. All that we do will be to honor Jesus. Radio By Grace has been formed to operate noncommercial radio stations to fulfill its mission through facilitating the broadcast of biblical teachings, book by book, verse by verse, to make disciples one by one. The Organization will operate stations throughout the United States as well as bring access to its programming through online forums on the inter.
What it reported doing in 2024
Radio broadcast operations are branded as radio by grace with broadcast facilities and fm stations across the united states and via the internet. The organization brings listeners a balance of solid biblical teachings and live talk programming. Current broadcast operations cover 22 states with approximately 22 million listeners. Our program content is intended to deliver the gospel, the good news of christ, to our listeners. Fundraising efforts to support broadcast operations have not yet begun.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
STRONG - 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.8%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 77.7%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 11; 11th 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: 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -11.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.89; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -39.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 86.8% of revenue deployed · 77.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $676K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 11/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.