The Quiet Hour Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
956006642
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Redlands, CA, USA
Phone
9097932588
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religious Media, Communications

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,641,477
Expenses
$3,375,062
Assets
$6,037,428
Liabilities
$1,353,171

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Edward Marton (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Andrea Griggs (Corporate Sec.): $131,423 total reported compensation
  • Diana Oei (CFO): $125,942 total reported compensation
  • Edward Marton (CEO): $120,682 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Partnering with God in leading people to share His saving grace.

What it reported doing in 2025

Sharing Jesus through mission trips and projectsShort-term mission trips and projects are the primary way we accomplish our mission. In 2025 our worldwide outreach touched the lives of more than 500,000 people in 17 countries. This was made possible through 81 evangelism projects carried out by international partners, and the efforts of 8,453 international gospel workers, and 103 team members from North America on 5 international mission trips. Because of their sacrificial work, 13,003 people were baptized. More than 10,000 local-language Bibles were distributed, as well as 48,482 pieces of Christian literature. During 2025, 87 motorcycles provided by donations to QHM were used by international pastors and gospel workers to extend the range of their evangelistic work. In addition, 4 new chapels were built and renovations were made in 7 separate construction projects.Social media: The QHM Facebook page had an average reach (daily unique users) of 301,000 people in the course of 2025. The QHM YouTube channel had 5,600 subscribers in 2025. The QHM Instagram account had 1,622 followers and reached 20,000 in 2025.Publishing: A monthly newsletter Echoes special edition is delivered to approximately 7,900 people. This publication shares stories of what God is doing around the world through Quiet Hour (QHM) as well as news and mission reports.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 49% for direct work, and 51% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 92
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.3%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 53.3%; rating input score 53
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 90.6%; rating input score 91; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -27.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.79; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.3% of revenue deployed · 53.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $131K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.