Ratio Christi Inc
Thoughtful Christianity--Transforming Lives on Campus Today, Changing Culture Tomorrow
Ratio Christi Inc
EIN: 27-4733824
as of September 2024
as of September 09, 2024
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Problem: The universities are a bastion of secular humanist ideology. Nearly 70% of students leave the Christian faith in college. The universities are the most influential institutions of western civilization. The rapid demise in western culture can be traced directly to the universities because of their increasingly secular and sometimes anti-Christian ethos. This problem upstream is creating pollution downstream. As goes the university, so goes the culture. In particular, professors at secular universities represent a massive block of secular viewpoint; viewpoint diversity is seriously lacking, creating bad education via echo chamber phenomena. Those in the ruling class of the universities are often hostile to Christian grad students and professors seeking to maintain control of the Ivory Tower.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
University/College Apologetics Clubs
American universities and abroad
Ratio Christi College Prep (High School)
clubs for high school students
Ratio Christi International
exporting USA programs overseas
RC Prof
Encouraging professors on college campuses to be missional and integrate their academic vocation with their Christian faith.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We're seeking to reclaim the intellectual voice of Christ at the universities through equipping faculty and students to share historical, philosophical, and scientific reasons for following Jesus. Our two tasks are redeeming the soul and redeeming the mind, transforming lives on campus today as a means of changing culture tomorrow. We want to develop a movement of missional professors rather than having professors who simply happen to be Christian. We want to establish Christian apologetics clubs on every campus to defend the faith and advance the cause of Christ through students and professors at the most influential institution in western civilization.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Ratio Christi College Prep collaborates with churches, schools, and parents to equip students for what they're about to face in college so that they can not just survive, but flourish.
Ratio Christi University plants Christian apologetics clubs that meet weekly on university campuses to bring together faith and reason, faith and life, faith and vocation. They explore life's biggest questions and pursue truth in dialogue with others holding high visibility events like debates and small groups tackling tough issues.
Ratio Christi Professor seeks to develop a movement of missional professors on every campus so that every student knows at least one of them and so that a core group of Christian professors on each campus are helping to rebuild the plausibility structure of the Christian worldview.
Ratio Christi International exports these various groups and clubs abroad
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have approximately 160 clubs or chapters from high school to professor groups. We think that our staff are the most highly educated in all of campus ministry because of our aspirations to reclaim the intellectual voice of Christ in the academy, including among the professors. We partner well with other organizations, campus ministries, churches, and apologetics ministries.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We've completed 10 years and have 125+ chapters between Rutgers and UCLA and from Pakistan to South Africa. Our goal is to double in size in the next three years while keeping an eye on quality, not just quantity, in our ministry. We are more and more valuing community, not just rationality, in our approach. Humans are rational and need reasons, but they're also relational and need community.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
Financial documents
Download audited financialsRevenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2023 info
71.51
Months of cash in 2023 info
0.2
Fringe rate in 2023 info
3%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
Ratio Christi Inc
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Fiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
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Business model indicators
Profitability info | 2018 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | $398,148 | $165,486 | $414,409 | $252,072 | -$231,623 |
As % of expenses | 16.9% | 6.4% | 15.5% | 7.8% | -5.9% |
Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | $398,148 | $165,486 | $414,409 | $252,072 | -$231,623 |
As % of expenses | 16.9% | 6.4% | 15.5% | 7.8% | -5.9% |
Revenue composition info | |||||
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Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $2,800,948 | $2,740,166 | $3,158,596 | $3,407,344 | $3,820,766 |
Total revenue, % change over prior year | 10.5% | 0.0% | 15.3% | 7.9% | 12.1% |
Program services revenue | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Investment income | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.2% |
Government grants | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
All other grants and contributions | 99.8% | 99.6% | 99.9% | 99.8% | 98.7% |
Other revenue | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Expense composition info | |||||
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Total expenses before depreciation | $2,358,636 | $2,592,380 | $2,679,025 | $3,217,791 | $3,937,139 |
Total expenses, % change over prior year | -1.4% | 0.0% | 3.3% | 20.1% | 22.4% |
Personnel | 36.8% | 30.7% | 31.3% | 23.1% | 33.1% |
Professional fees | 45.4% | 52.7% | 54.9% | 58.2% | 47.2% |
Occupancy | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Pass-through | 7.1% | 7.0% | 0.0% | 4.5% | 3.3% |
All other expenses | 10.7% | 9.4% | 13.5% | 13.9% | 16.2% |
Full cost components (estimated) info | 2018 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Total expenses (after depreciation) | $2,358,636 | $2,592,380 | $2,679,025 | $3,217,791 | $3,937,139 |
One month of savings | $196,553 | $216,032 | $223,252 | $268,149 | $328,095 |
Debt principal payment | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Fixed asset additions | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Total full costs (estimated) | $2,555,189 | $2,808,412 | $2,902,277 | $3,485,940 | $4,265,234 |
Capital structure indicators
Liquidity info | 2018 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Months of cash | 4.2 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 0.2 |
Months of cash and investments | 4.2 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 5.0 |
Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 1.2 | 2.3 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 4.5 |
Balance sheet composition info | 2018 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Cash | $832,476 | $1,060,133 | $1,571,951 | $1,766,401 | $62,014 |
Investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,584,891 |
Receivables | $74,995 | $40,493 | $26,559 | $13,784 | $21,001 |
Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 3.0% | 0.1% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.4% |
Unrestricted net assets | $242,644 | $502,510 | $1,461,542 | $1,713,614 | $1,481,991 |
Temporarily restricted net assets | $637,594 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Permanently restricted net assets | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Total restricted net assets | $637,594 | $597,270 | $117,809 | $55,290 | $170,540 |
Total net assets | $880,238 | $1,099,780 | $1,579,351 | $1,768,904 | $1,652,531 |
Key data checks
Key data checks info | 2018 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Material data errors | No | No | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
President/CEO
Corey Miller Dr
9 years as CEO/President, doctoral degree in philosophical theology with three masters degrees in philosophy, religion, and biblical studies. Former Mormon, but converted to Christ, pastored, taught at universities, and now leads the ministry.
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
Ratio Christi Inc
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
Ratio Christi Inc
Board of directorsas of 09/06/2024
Board of directors data
Dr. Paul Tseng
Retired M.D.
Term: 2013 - 2025
Simon Brace
Ratio Christi National Director South Africa
Terry Gentry
Retired business owner
Leo Percer
Liberty University
Jeremy Tedesco
Alliance Defending Freedom
Kenneth Miller
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Corey Miller
Ratio Christi
John Popp
Aunt Millie's Bread
Laurie Stewart
Peacemaker Ministries
Jeffrey Ventrella
Lawyer
Craig Fowler
Surgeon
David Wu
Physician
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
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Gender identity
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Transgender Identity
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Sexual orientation
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
Professional fundraisers
Fiscal year endingSOURCE: IRS Form 990 Schedule G