Seminary Stewardship Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473537146
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2018
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
9719987913
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Graduate, Professional Schools (Separate Entities)

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,609
Expenses
$22,776
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATTHEW SLEETH MD (PRESIDENT & BOARD MEMBER)
  • AJ SWOBODA PHD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • MATTHEW SLEETH MD (PRESIDENT & BOARD MEMBER)
  • NANCY SLEETH (SECRETARY, TREASURER & BOARD MEMBER)
  • SANDRA RICHTER (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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To equip seminaries to steward god's creation and promote stewardship accountability.

What it reported doing in 2018

Over the course of the year, seminary stewardship alliance executive director dr. A.j. Swoboda had ten speaking engagements at ten seminary stewardship alliance partner institution events in addition to a number of other events hosted by non-partner institutions. Dr. Swoboda was able to deliver messages on themes of creation care and responsibility to steward the environment to audiences consisting largely of students. Audiences included northwest nazarene university, nazarene theological seminary, asbury university, and asbury seminary, and university of portland, amongst others.

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 80% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 3
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 62.3%; rating input score 62

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -164.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 57.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -65.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -65% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -57.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 62.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $14K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2016 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.