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Dickson Valley Ministries

Newark, Illinois · EIN 36-3582529 · tax-exempt since 1989

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 63.5 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended August 2025.

Graded against 88,048 unclassified nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.20.3 months74
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.43% of practices43
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.56
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.23% from one source68
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.91.1%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.5.7%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.16not scored

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Year by year

2017201820202021202220242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Aug 2025Form 990$750K$906K−$156K$1.53M20.335C
Aug 2024Form 990$845K$946K−$101K$1.69M21.435C
Dec 2022Form 990$864K$902K−$38K$2.05M27.332C
Dec 2021Form 990$505K$687K−$182K$2.11M36.834C
Dec 2020Form 990$1.15M$693K$455K$2.29M39.734C
Dec 2018Form 990$790K$892K−$103K$1.88M25.256C
Dec 2017Form 990$1.05M$907K$141K$1.98M26.244B

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

Read the filings

Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation: