Ruth Graham Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562494914
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Waynesboro, VA, USA
Phone
5402920670
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$136,712
Expenses
$119,516
Assets
$355,172
Liabilities
$821

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RUTH GRAHAM (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RUTH GRAHAM (PRESIDENT)
  • THOMAS BOWERS (DIRECTOR)
  • TONY FERRARO (DIRECTOR)

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

Provide renewal for those coping with the daily struggles of life.

What it reported doing in 2025

Ruth graham ministries seeks to motivate people by god's comfort and loving acceptance of woundedness to a place of wholeness in christ. The ministry seeks to create safe places where people can begin their journey to wholeness in christ. The ministry is conducted by bible teachings and speaking at conferences.

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.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 6
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 6.6%; rating input score 7
  • Program expense ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 4

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.6%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.97; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.5%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 6.6% of revenue deployed · 3.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.