The Center for Biblical Unity
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 850527217
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- Upland, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9092702812
- Rating
- 65
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $541,077
- Expenses
- $354,367
- Assets
- $661,522
- Liabilities
- $7,610
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- CHANTAL DUSON (FOUNDER & PR): $75,750 total reported compensation
- KRISTA BONTRAGER (VICE PRESIDE): $75,750 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Lead respectful and bible-centered conversations on race, unity, and justice.
What it reported doing in 2024
We are christians gathered from diverse backgrounds unified by the common desire to engage in conversations to promote unity in the body of christ. We embrace historic christianity, reflecting the major streams of our faith: apostolic, evangelistic, and spirit-filled. We desire to show the existence and character of god, not only with our lips but in our lives. The center for biblical unity was established to: be a refuge for those people who have been injured by critical race theory. Equip christians to think biblically about race, unity, and justice. Speak out against secular frameworks that lead to a false hope for unity in the body of christ. Pursue unity that is founded on our identity in christ. Celebrate those aspects of all cultures that are in harmony with scripture. Teach christians to exegete their community and to indentify needs, sinful human structures, and solutions according to god's standards of justice. Advocate for out-of-the-box ideas that will build a foundation for lasting change and lift people out of poverty and transform communities according to god's standards of justice.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 92% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 56
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 40
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.5%; rating input score 48
- Program expense ratio: 72.1%; rating input score 72
- Fundraising efficiency: $13.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th 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: 60%; rating input score 60; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 34.5%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.87; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 42.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 23.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 23.5% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 31.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 48.5% of revenue deployed · 72.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $256K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $76K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.