Selah Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
203350313
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Florence, AL, USA
Phone
2567668915
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$142,627
Expenses
$103,484
Assets
$115,510
Liabilities
$3,791

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RAY HUGHES (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RAY HUGHES (PRESIDENT)
  • DEBBIE HUGHES (SECRETARY)
  • BRIAN WHALEN (BOARD MEMBER)

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

Selah ministries is formed to spread the gospel message of jesus christ to the nations through the power of worship through the arts. The outreach focus of selah ministries is to teach, equip and release worshipers into their god given destiny and purpose so they may walk in the authority and power of the holy spirit. The guiding principles of selah ministries will be obedience to the leading of the holy spirit, servanthood, humility, discipleship, compassion and excellence.

What it reported doing in 2025

To offer teaching cds, dvds and books on worship and key historical figures which are all designed to provide deeper teaching and insight into the subjects discussed in personal speaking appearances and teaching/worship conferences. The musical cds offered are a direct example and expression of the teaching.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.6%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.4%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.12; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $103K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.