St Clairsville Area Council of Churches

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264262633
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
St Clairsville, OH, USA
Phone
7406950690
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$223,580
Expenses
$157,090
Assets
$175,290
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Phillip Cleaver (President)

People named in this filing

  • Phillip Cleaver (President)
  • Richard Pollock (Treasurer)
  • Joanne Kolanski (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

As declared in the original Articles of Incorporation filed in the state of Ohio: The St Clairsville Area Council of Churches exists for charitable and religious purposes and to receive gifts, legacies, and devises for the purchase and distribution of food, and services as may be necessary to accommodate the necessities of the less fortunate in our area.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Council sponsors cooperative community programs that promote spiritual support and community unity. The annual National Day of Prayer serves the entire county and includes speakers representing multiple Christian denominations, as well as local law enforcement, members of the Judiciary, City and Township Leadership, and other non-profit community organizations. The week long Bible reading was followed by a service with over 150 people in attendance. The Council also sponsors a community Baccalaureate Service honoring graduating seniors, which was attended by over 125 individuals. Additionally, the Council hosted four free "Soup and Sermon" luncheons at Council churches during the Lenten season with average attendance of 110 participants each week. These programs foster community engagement, spiritual encouragement, and interdenominational cooperation, and are consistent with the Council's charitable and religious mission as stated in its Articles of Incorporation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.8%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 98.7%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 20th 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: 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: 29.7%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.12; rating input score 44; 44th 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.8% of revenue deployed · 98.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $155K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 17 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • 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.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.