Ratio Christi

Legal name: Ratio Christi Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274733824
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Lafayette, IN, United States
Phone
(704) 989-2752
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Interfaith Coalitions
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,539,223
Expenses
$4,460,906
Assets
$1,823,350
Liabilities
$53,272

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Corey Miller (President CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Corey Miller (President CEO): $181,676 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We are a global movement that equips university students and faculty to give historical, philosophical, and scientific reasons for following Jesus Christ. Supports local churches with any speaking and teaching needs Specialized Training On the university campus, the person with the most credentials is seen as the most credible. A PhD philosophy student tends to ignore the wisdom of anyone who has less education than they do. To effectively evangelize on the college campus, the Church needs to send people with advanced education and advanced compassion. | Dan Palmere, Tina Rucker | Florida State University | 2015 | RC Grads Return to Help Their Chapter | | Joel Ballivian, Zach Kuhl, Kari Zigterman | Western Michigan University | 2015 | Outstanding RC Students Prove Prediction of a Great Spring at WMU | | Madison Blake, Victoria Israel, Zoe Polites, Katie Ann Shaw, Emily Turner | RC...

What it reported doing in 2024

Ratio Christis University Campus Ministry: During The Year From July 2024 through June 2025 Our collegiate ministry ended the year with 100 active chapters serving students and faculty. Our chapters range in size from 5 to over 50 with a typical viable chapter finishing its launch phase having a dozen in weekly attendance and impacting many other students on the campus. Several chapters held large events with special keynote speakers ranging from 250-3000 in attendance making a significant impact on their campus. Our outreach to PhD and graduate students has also been increasing. Two key staff members were added with a new Director of Advancement and a new Director of International Ministries. Our chapter director apprenticeship program was very effective this year with six passionate interns getting a real taste of ministry while considering a potential call to vocational ministry - several interns did decide to join Ratio Christi.

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 96% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 85
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.1%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 79%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.7%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.1%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 78.1% of revenue deployed · 79% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 13 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $182K · 13 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $102K reported
  • Consistency: 43 of 43 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.