Searchlight Ministries Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311149910
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2010
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2010
- Location
- Brownsburg, IN, USA
- Phone
- 3174565210
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $65,083
- Expenses
- $66,165
- Assets
- $14,060
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To build the body of Christ throughout the world, helping bring Christians to maturity through teaching, literature, and training leaders.
What it reported doing in 2010
Literature ProductionSearchlight Ministries continues to produce Christian literature in several languages around the world. This material was for the development and training of church leaders and for the discipleship of Christians by using classic writers from Christian church history. The magazines were distributed in nearly 70 countries throughout the world. Searchlight Ministries is also involved in occasional humanitarian projects, or the supporting of missionaries overseeing humanitarian projects in various parts of the world.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 94% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 66.9%; rating input score 67
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.7%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 68% of revenue deployed · 66.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $44K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $16K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.