Science for the Church

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
881178951
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Chico, CA, USA
Phone
6107726059
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Science and Technology N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$213,469
Expenses
$116,653
Assets
$107,209
Liabilities
$2,231

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANDREW RICK-MILLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANDREW RICK-MILLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $39,600 total reported compensation
  • GREGORY COOTSONA (SECRETARY (FROM OCTOBER)): $9,600 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to strengthen the church by engaging science.

What it reported doing in 2025

Production of resources: we continue to resource clergy, church leaders, and scientists of faith with our weekly blog/newsletter, daily social media posts, and videos of interviews and events. Production of products: we continue to produce resources for individuals or church groups which in 2025 included including the last of a set of worship resources. Events: we continue to host a range of inperson and virtual events with partner churches, seminaries, and other institutions around the country on a variety of themes at the intersection of christian faith and science.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 60
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29%; rating input score 29
  • Program expense ratio: 51.3%; rating input score 51
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 80%; rating input score 80; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 45.4%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 42.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 42.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29% of revenue deployed · 51.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $60K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $40K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 29/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.