Reason Why International

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453206519
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2011
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
6192373400
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protestant
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$53,854
Expenses
$50,526
Assets
$7,157
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alex McLellan (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Alex McLellan (CEO)
  • Lisa McKenzie (Vice Chairperson)
  • Stephen Austin (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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The advancement of the christian faith.

What it reported doing in 2016

Provide seminars and other speaking engagements to promote Christianity through Apologetics ministry. Ministering in the U.S. and in foreign countries impacts thousands of Christians and non-Christians that attend the seminars, talks, and radio shows.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.3%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 64.3%; rating input score 64

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: 6.2%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 112.8%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -26.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.4% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -61.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.3% of revenue deployed · 64.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $32K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2013 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.