River Ministries
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 471098737
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990 2014
- Location
- Bozeman, MT, USA
- Phone
- 4065220038
- Rating
- 63
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Protestant
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $47,449
- Expenses
- $42,646
- Assets
- $6,201
- Liabilities
- $1,398
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MATTHEW WEAVER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- MATTHEW WEAVER (PRESIDENT): $5,000 total reported compensation
- LISA WEAVER (VICE PRESIDE): $5,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Establishing a place for the worship of god, to provide for christian fellowship for those of like faith, to honor god our father, son jesus christ, and holy spirit by our testimony, to provide a structure for the nurture, challenge and maturing of our members in the christian faith, to assume our share of the responsibility and privilege of sharing the gospel of jesus christ, both at home and abroad, and to minister to people's spiritual, physical, and social needs through its ministries.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 5
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.9%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 11
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 23.4%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $5K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.