Urban Transformation Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
200320430
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Phone
6162936414
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$84,163
Expenses
$87,224
Assets
$3,064

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID DRAKE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JOEL SHAFFER (EXEC DIR)
  • DAVID DRAKE (PRESIDENT)
  • KELLY POTES (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Urban transformation ministries exists to redeem inner-city youth, families, and communities with the transforming gospel of christ.

What it reported doing in 2025

Youth ministries include: the n.e.t. Providing mentoring for teens. Welfare to work - a mentoring program assisting older teens and parents with job readiness skills. People. We also provide bus passes, food, and money for job physicals. Man-up - a residential program that assists at-risk urban men ages 18-29 to become self-sufficient by developing life skills, financial budgeting, personal goal setting and employement assistance. The program also provides spiritual and emotionnal support through small-group bible studies, individual and group counseling and mentoring relationships. Total served - approx 250 children, teens and young adults

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.1%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 88.8%; rating input score 89

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.6%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 36.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.1% of revenue deployed · 88.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $77K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.