Rod Baker Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
731610281
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Tulsa, OK, USA
Phone
9186955962
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Interfaith Coalitions
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,965,628
Expenses
$13,524,035
Assets
$2,724,912
Liabilities
$19,107

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rod Baker (President CEO)
  • Gloria Baker (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Rod Baker (President CEO): $56,058 total reported compensation
  • Gloria Baker (Vice President): $50,962 total reported compensation
  • Ethan Jacobsen (Director): $24,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Rod Baker Ministries DBA Bridging Hunger is dedicated to providing food prayer and hope for children families and widows throughout the region while empowering the Church.

What it reported doing in 2024

Bridging Hunger facilitated the distribution of more than 2.3 million pounds of donated food and essential products to assist children families widows and individuals facing hardship. Through the dedication of volunteers contributing over 5,000 hours the organization assembled and distributed over 78,000 grocery bags filled with vital items to support families in need. These efforts extended across various outreach programs in Oklahoma encompassing initiatives such as a childrens feeding program throughout the summer provision of bags containing snacks toiletries and warm socks for the homeless and the delivery of hot meals through the Mobile Food Truck Program. In addition to these services Bridging Hunger extends disaster relief support to individuals impacted by natural disasters in Oklahoma.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - 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: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 50
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.5%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 97.9%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: $260 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Limited
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.6%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 35.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 35.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 34.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.5% of revenue deployed · 97.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 6 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $13.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $56K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 43 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.