The Servant's Fund
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 386957304
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Phone
- 4123891315
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $500
- Expenses
- $21,343
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
People named in this filing
- DR R BRUCE BICKEL (TRUSTEE)
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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The servant's fund's mission is to provide for the welfare, maintenance, comfort, medical and/or educational support of individuals or charitable organizations engaged in the christian responsibility of serving the needs and interests of their neighbors in their local communities.
What it reported doing in 2017
The fund makes grants to charitable organizations engaged in the christian service of advancing god's work on earth, with preference being given to religious organizations that train individuals through education for future service to god. The fund may also make direct gifts to needy individuals suffering from economic hardship in order to address pressing medical, health or financial privation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 75.8%; rating input score 76
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4,168.6%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: 51.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -42.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -33% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 75.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2012 to 2017
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.