Urban Mission Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382031398
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Steubenville, OH, USA
Phone
7402828010
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,291,274
Expenses
$3,157,297
Assets
$4,026,348
Liabilities
$1,522,471

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • REV KIMBERLY ARBAUGH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • TIM LONG (PRESIDENT)
  • SISTER AGNES THERESE DAVIS (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • REV KIMBERLY ARBAUGH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $74,179 total reported compensation
  • CYNTHIA LYTLE (COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR): $43,915 total reported compensation
  • SARAH JANIK (FINANCE DIRECTOR): $42,179 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Urban mission ministries is a faith-based organization that strives to create spaces, conditions, and opportunities where people can experience god's restorative and transormative power, all within a supportive community.

What it reported doing in 2025

The urban mission operates a community development program through various initiatives: - employment readiness and mentoring programs which are designed to help individuals who are experiencing barriers to employment. Education and hands-on training is provided through the urban mission worksites, enabling the urban mission to partner with underemployed and unemployed individuals living throughout the Ohio valley. - the neighborhood community development center (ncdc) was established to respond to the ever-changing needs of the community. In 2025, ncdc offered programs ranging from leadership development to health and wellness. Events included minority health month programming and annual cancer screenings for our community's minority and low-income population. Ncdc also hosted its annual coat give-a-way, a back-to-school distribution, and a christmas toy distribution for area children. Two additional programs that fall under ncdc are the urban mission's joshua home repair program and the urban mission's weekly worship service, known as mission rejoice.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 44% for direct work, and 56% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.2%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 89%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $122.03 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.1%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.2% of revenue deployed · 89% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $74K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.