Uplook Ministries Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 382902773
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI, USA
- Phone
- 6166776127
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Printing, Publishing
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $85,967
- Expenses
- $105,292
- Assets
- $199,942
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- John B Nicholson (President)
People named in this filing
- John B Nicholson (President)
- Kevin Shantz (Treasurer)
- Brian Cretney (Director)
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
Publishing the good news of Jesus Christ through the written and spoken word, through the internet and through direct interaction with people. Training others to do so and encouraging local churches in evangelism.
What it reported doing in 2024
Direct evangelism in rural Mississippi and relief and development ministry activities. Distribution of supplies to needy families and schools; operating a summer reading program. Literature distribution.
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: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.3%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 74.5%; rating input score 75
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: -22.5%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.9; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 19%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -11.1% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.9% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.3% of revenue deployed · 74.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $78K 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: 13 filing years from 2009 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.