South Tampa Ecumenical Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
593753570
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Tampa, FL, USA
Phone
8138776889
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Congregate Meals

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$225,834
Expenses
$225,059
Assets
$908,049
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMANDA PEARCE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JIM NEILL (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BOB COATES (TREASURER)
  • LYNN TOMS (CORRESPONDING SECRETARY)
  • SARAH OBRIEN (RECORDING SECRETARY)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Faith cafe operates a dining facility to feed homeless and others in need in south tampa and provides referrals to other services.

What it reported doing in 2025

Stem served meals, primarily lunches, to the needy in a comfortable, safe, restaurant-style setting. Stem served more than 22,000 meals in 2025. Stem also provided showers for customers using a shower trailer. Stem received most of the food served to guests from a community partner; metropolitan ministries inc. In 2024 stem participated in metropolitan ministries inc community outreach by providing financial assitance of $5,000. Stem provides clothing, shoes, and toiletries through an outreach called angels closet. Items in the closet are community donations or purchased by stem. Volunteers work with guests to fill their needs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 68% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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

STRONG - 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: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 91.7%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.3%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.03; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92% of revenue deployed · 91.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $206K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.