Rippling Hope
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 461266821
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Detroit, MI, USA
- Phone
- 5126190575
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community, Neighborhood Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $103,258
- Expenses
- $101,607
- Assets
- $8,344
- Liabilities
- $6,568
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- REV KELLY GINDLESBERGER (PRESIDENT)
- JEFF KERNS (VICE PRESIDENT)
- CARL E ZERWECK III (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- REV KELLY GINDLESBERGER (PRESIDENT)
- JEFF KERNS (VICE PRESIDENT)
- KAREN LOVELOCK (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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Rippling hope (rh) exists to connect communities, forge new relationships, and sow seeds of healing in a broken world. To that end, rh will provide domestic, ecumenical, short-term mission experiences rooted in a vision of a just society. The ministry of rh plans, leads, sponsors and helps to resource mission experience in a variety of settings. The goal is to serve the least-the lost -the lonely with the belief that through mission experiences, participants will learn that by reaching out to sisters and brothers in need, they will not only change their lives, but also powerfully affect the lives of those they serve. People workig with rh wil be given the chance to explore god's call to service in their own life, and what it means to live out "loving their neighbor." rh expects to conduct all of its activities in the united states, and as invited on a limited basis in canada.
What it reported doing in 2015
Mission trip projects: rippling hope assisted with approximately 300 home repairs, 75 vacant home board-ups, and 200 vacant lot clean-ups in 2015.
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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.4%; rating input score 98
- 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: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.6%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.79; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -29.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 98.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $102K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2014 to 2015
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.