The River Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
450530346
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Martinsville, NJ, USA
Phone
9087056110
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protestant
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$183,798
Expenses
$187,003
Assets
$52,171
Liabilities
$1,107

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • REV MARGIE FLEURANT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARCIA RUBINACCIO (DIRECTOR)
  • REV MARGIE FLEURANT (PRESIDENT)
  • REV ANTOINETTE ATTISON (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The corporation is organized to operate exclusively for religious, educational and charitable purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, for the purposes of engaging in all types of religious activity, including evangelism, religious instruction and missionary work, by spreading the gospel of jesus christ, teaching others to walk with integrity in the whole counsel of god.

What it reported doing in 2025

Spreading the gospel of jesus christ, teaching others to seek first god's kingdom and righteousness, to stand in faith and to glorify god's name abover all things.

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: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.6%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 94.9%; rating input score 95

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: -1.7%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 58.2%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.6% of revenue deployed · 94.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $177K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.