Churches United for Justice
Legal name: Wyandotte County Justice Ministry Organization
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 853681508
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-T 2023, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Kansas City, KS, USA
- Phone
- 9139614823
- Rating
- 49
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Interfaith Coalitions
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $322,575
- Expenses
- $153,702
- Assets
- $231,785
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Bruce Draper (Co-President)
- Tony Carter Jr (Co-President)
- Bill Scholl (Vice-President)
- Brett Eisenhauer (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Brett Eisenhauer (Executive Director): $60,678 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Churches United for Justice is a nonprofit, grassroots, nonpartisan, direct-action organization based in Wyandotte County, Kansas. We are a coalition of congregations working together to bring justice to our communities, by organizing people power to hold decision-makers accountable and win real change for our community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Trained and engaged community leaders across congregations to increase nonpartisan civic participation and build a self-sustaining organization. Conducted a structured listening and research process 27 small-group discussions; 150+ participants to understand root causes and practical solutions regarding affordable housing violence reduction and senior services; convened public meetings to present findings and track implementation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 63% for direct work, and 37% for affiliated organizations.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 37
- Transparency & Controls: 81
- Accountability: 19
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 29.8%; rating input score 30
- Program expense ratio: 62.5%; rating input score 62
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 4.5%; rating input score 5; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 52.4%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.51; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 39.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 31.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 33.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 29.8% of revenue deployed · 62.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 1 of 22 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $96K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $61K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 40 of 41 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.