Redemption Inside the Walls
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 834266196
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Jefferson City, MO, USA
- Phone
- 5736359295
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $18,963
- Expenses
- $5,738
- Assets
- $15,622
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAULA BENNE (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- PAULA BENNE (PRESIDENT)
- KIRK DEMARS (VICE PRESIDE)
- ERIN RAKOW (SECRETARY)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Redemption inside the walls aims to renew and restore the love and passion for christ. Focusing our direction to lead down the path of righteousness and to glorify god and his kingdom. Ritw plans to hold revivals within the walls of the Missouri state penitentiary. Scheduling national religious bands along with local talents to lead and strengthen those for christ.
What it reported doing in 2025
Jefferson city is a warm and christian community. This organization held a concert with the goal of uniting all denominations for one cause to bring souls to christ.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 89% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 56
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 30.3%; rating input score 30
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: 69.7%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.72; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -50.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -49.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 30.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.