Vision America Mobilized Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
760572974
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
Keller, TX, USA
Phone
4695651633
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,459,921
Expenses
$1,248,297
Assets
$428,190
Liabilities
$25,668

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICK SCARBOROUGH (PRESIDENT/DI)

Highest reported compensation

  • RICK SCARBOROUGH (PRESIDENT/DI): $171,391 total reported compensation
  • JANET COOK (TREASURER): $86,968 total reported compensation
  • TOMMYE SCARBOROUGH (SECRETARY): $15,401 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Vision america is an association of churches organized exclusively for religious, religious charitable and religious educational purposes that educate, establish, equip, maintain, empower and supervise church congregations to influence the culture by (1) preaching the gospel of jesus christ to all, (2) disciple believers in christ so that they are strengthened in their faith, empowered by the holy spirit, and bring hope, change and healing to their communities, (3) disseminating the gospel of jesus christ in any way possible that glorifies god, displays his radical grace to humanity, and promotes a lifestyle of extravagant worship, and (4) making distributions to or for the use of church and 501c3 organizations.

What it reported doing in 2016

Vision america mobilized seeks to educate, establish, equip, maintain, empower and supervise church congregations to influence the culture. The organization hosts various pastor luncheons and conferences.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.3%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 63.5%; rating input score 64
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.5%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.9%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.3% of revenue deployed · 63.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $793K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $171K · 13 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.