Steve Sampson Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
630970039
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Lees Summit, MO, USA
Phone
2052494100
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$128,850
Expenses
$131,048
Assets
$30,591
Liabilities
$883

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEPHEN F SAMPSON (PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • MERCEDES GOOCHER (OFFICER AND DIRECTOR)
  • LARRY ROMERO (OFFICER AND DIRECTOR)
  • STEPHEN F SAMPSON (PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Teach, preach, share and demonstrate the love of god in human form.

What it reported doing in 2024

Teaching and preaching the gospel of jesus christ across the nation, in foreign lands, and on television. Publishing and providing books and other instructional, informative materials related to this organization's purpose.

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 99% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.2%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 45.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.2% of revenue deployed · 82.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $109K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.