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Crown Financial Ministries

EIN 58-1260812Religion Tennessee Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Empowering People Worldwide to Become Faithful Stewards

Crown Financial Ministries, founded in 1976, is an interdenominational ministry dedicated to empowering people worldwide to become faithful stewards. Crown shares biblical truth, delivers hope and equips servant leaders to live by God's design for their finances, work and life in order to advance transformation in the areas of Lordship, Stewardship and Generosity. Crown has taught or equipped more than 50 million people in over 104 nations with the life-transforming message of faithfully living by God's financial principles in every area of their lives. The ministry is located in the United States, Latin America, South America, Asia, Europe and Africa, and is expanding throughout India and Australia. Crown relies on approximately 30 employees and over 10,000 passionate volunteers worldwide to help ignite True Financial Freedom.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

75.33Overall score
out of 100

65.12Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,387,548

Total expenses · USD$4,923,465

Program expenses

$2,914,691.28 recorded amount

59.2%

Fundraising expenses

$743,443.21 recorded amount

15.1%

Administrative expenses

$1,255,483.57 recorded amount

25.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.18 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Chuck Bentley
Recorded compensation: $206,748.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.19%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Crown Financial Ministries
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	Crown Financial Ministries, founded in 1976, is an interdenominational ministry dedicated to empowering people worldwide to become faithful stewards. Crown shares biblical truth, delivers hope and equips servant leaders to live by God's design for their finances, work and life in order to advance transformation in the areas of Lordship, Stewardship and Generosity. Crown has taught or equipped more than 50 million people in over 104 nations with the life-transforming message of faithfully living by God's financial principles in every area of their lives. The ministry is located in the United States, Latin America, South America, Asia, Europe and Africa, and is expanding throughout India and Australia. Crown relies on approximately 30 employees and over 10,000 passionate volunteers worldwide to help ignite True Financial Freedom.
`ein` EIN	58-1260812
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4923465.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.255
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.18
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.151
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.5920000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	65.12
`leader` Recorded leader	Chuck Bentley
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	206748.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.04190000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Empowering People Worldwide to Become Faithful Stewards
`name` Charity name	Crown Financial Ministries
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4387548.0
`score` Overall score	75.33
`state` State code	TN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Media and Broadcasting
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2914691.2800000003
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	743443.215
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1255483.575

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 58-1260812
Source category: Religion
Source subcategory: Religious Media and Broadcasting
Recorded location: Tennessee (TN)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.