Wings for the Word Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
450710985
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2019
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Clemmons, NC, USA
Phone
3362872994
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,448
Expenses
$96,506
Assets
$43,925
Liabilities
$779

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT A BRALLIER (PRESIDENT/EXEC. DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • JOSH MOORE (DIRECTOR)
  • SCOTT A BRALLIER (PRESIDENT/EXEC. DIRECTOR)
  • HEATHER BRALLIER (SECRETARY/TREASURER)

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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Wings for the word's purpose is to minister the gospel of jesus christ to people in remote places of the world by using aircraft to support the indigenous church, bring jesus to unreached people, and provide humanitarian assistance that preserves and improves human life, opening hearts to the gospel of grace that they may know jesus.

What it reported doing in 2019

Wings for the word continued to spread the gospel of jesus christ to people in remote places of the world through their aircraft ministry.

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: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -24.6%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 62.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.3% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -19.5% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -29.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $97K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2016 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.