Solid Ground Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205115820
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2021
Location
Tappahannock, VA, USA
Phone
8044451341
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Boys and Girls Clubs
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,743
Expenses
$59,325
Assets
$297,313
Liabilities
$27,508

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANIEL KLUG (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LOGAN HICKMAN (SECRETARY)
  • DANIEL KLUG (PRESIDENT)
  • KELLY KLUG (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide a safe place for students to hang out, to find fellowship and to be immersed in the love and teachings of jesus christ. To provide a safe place for students to talk about the "hard topics" of teen pregnancy, sexual abstinence, drug and alcohol and career planning and to help them walk through these tough situations adn decisions with jesus and his teachings as the guide.

What it reported doing in 2024

To provide a safe place for students to talk about the "hard topics" with staff; such as teen pregnancy, sexual abstinence, drug and alcohol and career planning and to walk students through these tough situations and decisions with jesus and his teachings as the guide. To provide opportunities for local students to take part in mission trips and outreaches that may be as close as their next door neighbor or around the world.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Affiliate network. The nonprofit sent 90% of its reported program spending through affiliated organizations.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -302.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.01; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: -12.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $59K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.