The Edge Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
352365470
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Crete, IL, USA
Phone
7082797211
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$45,523
Expenses
$5,701
Assets
$20,782
Liabilities
$39,925

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Shannon Oskam (Manager): $7,090 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Purpose of the Ministry is briefly described as follows: The primary purpose of the Edge and its activities is to advance Christian discipleship, fellowship and education in an urban coffee shop type environment.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Edge Ministries operates a Christian outreach in a coffee shop environment. This is designed to reach individuals in a non-church, non-threatening way. The ministry is designed to be eventually self-sustaining through its net sales of coffee and food products. The majority of the Christian outreach, which includes bible studies, youth groups, counseling, formal presentations and debates; are provided by donated labor from various volunteers. The ministry began operations in August 2009. Initial donations provided the startup for the facility, however, equipment, leasehold improvements and initial inventories were donated. Virtually all outreach activities and associated expenses are provided by donations and volunteers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 63% for direct work, and 37% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 12.6%; rating input score 13
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 87.5%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.65; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.92; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 124.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 34.6% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 53.6% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 12.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $7K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 13/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.