Zion Baptist Church

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823412570
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Phone
4146989703
Rating
49
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$92,674
Expenses
$9,175
Assets
$172,441
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NI HSER (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • NI HSER (PRESIDENT): $1,800 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Proclaim nbsp; the nbsp; gospel nbsp; through nbsp; worship nbsp; fellowship nbsp; evangelism nbsp; and nbsp; missions nbsp; the nbsp; mission nbsp; also nbsp; include nbsp; services nbsp; and nbsp; support nbsp; to nbsp; assist nbsp; people nbsp; in nbsp; need nbsp; especially nbsp; refugees nbsp; within nbsp; and nbsp; beyond nbsp; the nbsp; church nbsp; as nbsp; wells nbsp; as nbsp; youth nbsp; to nbsp; support nbsp; them nbsp; in nbsp; with nbsp; their nbsp; spiritual nbsp; physical nbsp; and nbsp; emotional nbsp; needs

What it reported doing in 2020

Program and mission income and expense

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 84% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 10
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 7.8%; rating input score 8
  • Program expense ratio: 79.2%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Limited
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 90.1%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 18.79; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.6%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -27.3% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 37.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 63.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 7.8% of revenue deployed · 79.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2K · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2019 to 2020
  • 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.

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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 8/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.