World Radio Network, Inc. (Dba Inspiracom)
Legal name: World Radio Network Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742240000
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- McAllen, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9567879788
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,132,577
- Expenses
- $3,158,971
- Assets
- $9,226,561
- Liabilities
- $752,241
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Emi Ibarra (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Emi Ibarra (President): $107,303 total reported compensation
- Brian Saum (Director of Operations): $100,189 total reported compensation
- Ruthie Bullard (Business manager): $48,744 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Inspiracom (a division of World Radio Network, Inc.) is a nonprofit, interdenominational evangelical mission focused on radio broadcasting along the U.S.-Mexico border, using mainly Spanish-language media to communicate the Gospel and serve surrounding communities. Inspiracom prides itself on adhering to the highest standards of financial accountability and transparency. Our accreditation by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) underscores our steadfast commitment to responsible stewardship and ethical financial practices. This esteemed recognition reflects our dedication to upholding the integrity of our financial operations, ensuring that every contribution supports our mission to disseminate Gospel programming across the US/Mexico border and to Hispanics within the United States. Learn more about our ECFA accreditation and its significance here. Visit ECFA...
What it reported doing in 2024
Non-commercial, educational radio to 12,000,00 Spanish and English speaking cultures in the U.S.A. and along the U.S.A./Mexico border.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 89% 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 - 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 52
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 76
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 37.6%; rating input score 38
- Program expense ratio: 72.3%; rating input score 72
- Fundraising efficiency: $22.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd 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: Limited
- 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 48.5%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.92; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 37.6% of revenue deployed · 72.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $107K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.