Youth Ministry by Design

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832542516
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Falls Church, VA, USA
Phone
3017042732
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Reported finances

Revenue
$52,127
Expenses
$35,813
Assets
$27,137

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES BYRNE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JAMES BYRNE (PRESIDENT)
  • ANNE STEENHOEK (TREASURER)
  • RICK SMITH (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Youth ministry by design comes alongside teachable youth workers with effective biblical strategies to develop heathy ministries that will reach young people today

What it reported doing in 2024

Met with over 30 youth pastors, met with several youth ministry teams, mentored 5 youth pastors, did some outlining and writing of manuals, and helped build the youth groups in various denominations.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33.4%; rating input score 33
  • Program expense ratio: 48.6%; rating input score 49

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.3%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 83.8%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -42.5% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33.4% of revenue deployed · 48.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 33/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.