Southland Christian Ministries Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 460854480
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Ringgold, LA, USA
- Phone
- 8165203347
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,740,492
- Expenses
- $1,721,013
- Assets
- $5,242,813
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MIKE HERBSTER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- MIKE HERBSTER (PRESIDENT): $56,200 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
"southland utilizes the unique influence of the camping ministry to serve local churches by challenging every camper to conform to the character of christ, through salvation, obedience to gods word, and surrender to faithful service." southland christian camp and conference center is a service ministry sent out from and held accountable by a board of directors.our camping ministry provides a different place with different people who are running a different program. We are, however, presenting the same god from one bible. We use this setting to work together to point campers to christ and christ -likeness. We strive to assist gods ordained entity to fulfill the biblical mandate in this age of grace. Every person who enters southland will be brought to the mirror of gods word. Our goal for every camper is for them to conform to the character of christ and to take the next step in this process.this is the only and absolute standard for all of mankind. Our camp verse points out these goals
What it reported doing in 2024
The serenity of camp and the quietness of life allows for spiritual growth and sweet communion with jesus christ golf, couples, mens, ladies, and teen winter retreats allowed for a great time of fellowship, delicious food, and fun activities that made it conducive to truly relax, to invest in relationships, and to allow god's word to open up and challenge us on areas in our lives that need adjustments. Over 1,000 youth atteneded summer camp, having fun while being spiritually
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 10
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.2%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 95.8%; rating input score 96
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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: 1.1%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.05; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 95.2% of revenue deployed · 95.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $56K · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.