The Cupp Ministries Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 475620966
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Williamsburg, KY, USA
- Phone
- 6063124819
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $56,451
- Expenses
- $55,737
- Assets
- $3,091
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SARAH LEE DISHMAN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SARAH LEE DISHMAN (PRESIDENT)
- BILLY JOE PENCE - SECRETARY (SECRETARY)
- SCOTTY LYNN FARMER (TREASURER)
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
Mission is to promote, protect, and preserve our rich heritage of gospel music for generations to come. Proclaim the good news of our lord jesus christ in song. Provide singers and musicians with the opportunity to open up for large mainstream gospel groups and soloist that perform in our concerts. Enable gospel singers and musicians to promote their music ministry at our open mic singings. Provide a place where christians could invite their sinner friends into a christian atmosphere. Provide a place where disabled and low income people can come and sit together as equals with the wealthy and elite and enjoy gospel concerts free of charge. Provide a place where the elderly can enjoy quality time with their families. Provide a place where parents can enjoy family-time together with their children, while shaping their morals and values. Encourage participation in our mission by helping the needy through our food giveaway program.
What it reported doing in 2024
Mission is to promote, protect, and preserve our rich heritage of gospel music for generations to come. Proclaim the good news of our lord jesus christ in song. Provide singers and musicians with the opportunity to open up for large mainstream gospel groups and soloist that perform in our concerts. Enable gospel singers and musicians to promote their music ministry at our open mic singings. Provide a place where christians could invite their sinner friends into a christian atmosphere. Provide a place where disabled and low income people can come and sit together as equals with the wealthy and elite and enjoy gospel concerts free of charge. Provide a place where the elderly can enjoy quality time with their families. Provide a place where parents can enjoy family-time together with their children, while shaping their morals and values.
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 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 92.1%; rating input score 92
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -20.5% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -19.9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91% of revenue deployed · 92.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $51K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.