Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation

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Summary

Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation (CDC) is a non-profit, faith based organization committed to empowering people, creating positive opportunities for the community and loving our neighbors as ourselves.


Contact information

Mailing address:
Central Detroit Christian CDC
1550 Taylor St
Detroit, MI 48206

Website: centraldetroitchristian.org

Phone: 313-873-0064

Email: [email protected]


Organization details

EIN: 383128822

CEO/President: Lisa Johanon

Chairman: Sarah Pavelko

Board size: 12

Founder: Lisa Johanon and Melvin Green

Ruling year: 1993

Tax deductible: Yes

Fiscal year end: 12/31

Member of ECFA: Yes

Member of ECFA since: 2006


Purpose

Vision: "Once again, men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets . . . the city streets will be filled with boys and girls there. This is what the Lord Almighty says!" -Zechariah 8:4-5


Mission statement

To transform individuals to reach their highest potential while transforming the community to be a place of peace and wholeness, "Shalom".


Statement of faith

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Transparency grade

A

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Financial efficiency ratings

Sector: Community Development

CategoryRatingOverall rankSector rank
Overall efficiency rating467 of 113448 of 110
Fund acquisition rating272 of 113428 of 110
Resource allocation rating158 of 113420 of 110
Asset utilization rating1104 of 1134105 of 110

According to the organization's Form 990, it received $1,103,825 in government grants in 2024.


Financial ratios

Funding ratiosSector median20242023202220212020
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts =
Fundraising expense /
Total contributions
8%3%1%1%0%0%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total revenue
5%2%1%1%0%0%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance =
Total contributions /
Total revenue
90%73%66%79%78%79%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total expenses
5%2%1%1%0%0%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance =
Total other revenue /
Total revenue
10%27%34%21%22%21%
 
Operating ratiosSector median20242023202220212020
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio =
Program services /
Total expenses
83%91%94%93%93%92%
Spending ratio Spending ratio =
Total expenses /
Total revenue
100%92%121%107%101%71%
Program output ratio Program output ratio =
Program services /
Total revenue
82%84%113%99%94%65%
Savings ratio Savings ratio =
Surplus (deficit) /
Total revenue
0%8%-21%-7%-1%29%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate =
Surplus (deficit) /
Net assets
0%5%-11%-3%0%10%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio =
Management and general expense /
Total expenses
11%7%6%7%7%8%
 
Investing ratiosSector median20242023202220212020
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total assets
0.960.280.330.410.270.22
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment =
Total assets /
Total current assets
1.968.3016.787.467.8911.14
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total current assets
2.232.345.493.032.122.43
 
Liquidity ratiosSector median20242023202220212020
Current ratio Current ratio =
Total current assets /
Total current liabilities
13.642.692.779.88-7.15-3.74
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio =
Total current liabilities /
Total current assets
0.070.370.360.10-0.14-0.27
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level =
(Total current assets -
Total current liabilities) /
(Total expenses / 12)
4.903.221.403.566.456.25
 
Solvency ratiosSector median20242023202220212020
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio =
Total liabilities /
Total assets
10%49%46%10%10%8%
Debt ratio Debt ratio =
Debt /
Total assets
0%44%44%8%11%8%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio =
Net assets /
Total expenses
83%183%165%222%335%420%

Financials

Balance sheet
 
Assets20242023202220212020
Cash$1,565,766$989,857$1,536,876$1,599,746$1,069,581
Receivables, inventories, prepaids$848,493$92,838$224,470$116,319$127,125
Short-term investments$0$0$0$0$0
Other current assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total current assets$2,414,259$1,082,695$1,761,346$1,716,065$1,196,706
Long-term investments$0$0$1,476,279$1,476,279$1,476,279
Fixed assets$17,510,903$16,986,077$7,898,169$8,570,921$8,990,161
Other long-term assets$107,423$101,305$2,011,590$1,771,645$1,663,456
Total long-term assets$17,618,326$17,087,382$11,386,038$11,818,845$12,129,896
Total assets$20,032,585$18,170,077$13,147,384$13,534,910$13,326,602
 
Liabilities20242023202220212020
Payables and accrued expenses$898,417$391,076$178,279($240,023)($320,240)
Other current liabilities$0$0$0$0$0
Total current liabilities$898,417$391,076$178,279($240,023)($320,240)
Debt$8,795,499$7,920,905$1,083,093$1,514,185$1,102,583
Due to (from) affiliates$0$0$0$0$0
Other long-term liabilities$23,653$26,407$24,583$52,240$311,345
Total long-term liabilities$8,819,152$7,947,312$1,107,676$1,566,425$1,413,928
Total liabilities$9,717,569$8,338,388$1,285,955$1,326,402$1,093,688
 
Net assets20242023202220212020
Without donor restrictions$6,687,786$6,428,622$7,924,754$7,810,049$7,627,131
With donor restrictions$3,627,230$3,403,067$3,936,675$4,398,459$4,605,783
Net assets$10,315,016$9,831,689$11,861,429$12,208,508$12,232,914
 
Revenues and expenses
 
Revenue20242023202220212020
Total contributions$4,494,970$3,221,182$3,907,624$2,801,272$3,241,941
Program service revenue$1,304,549$1,233,632$762,078$631,544$651,364
Membership dues$0$0$0$0$0
Investment income($39,995)($6,932)($78,038)($72,467)$18,942
Other revenue$365,895$464,247$377,173$233,487$204,390
Total other revenue$1,630,449$1,690,947$1,061,213$792,564$874,696
Total revenue$6,125,419$4,912,129$4,968,837$3,593,836$4,116,637
 
Expenses20242023202220212020
Program services$5,116,719$5,558,491$4,942,114$3,381,842$2,681,166
Management and general$401,930$356,089$369,677$253,598$225,523
Fundraising$123,443$29,933$29,484$3,554$4,611
Total expenses$5,642,092$5,944,513$5,341,275$3,638,994$2,911,300
 
Change in net assets20242023202220212020
Surplus (deficit)$483,327($1,032,384)($372,438)($45,158)$1,205,337
Other changes in net assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total change in net assets$483,327($1,032,384)($372,438)($45,158)$1,205,337

Compensation

NameTitleCompensation
Lisa JohanonExecutive Director$58,923
Sarah JohnsonFinance Director$30,000

Compensation data as of: 12/31/2024


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History

About the Founder: Lisa is the Founder, and former Executive Director of Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation (CDC), a non-profit organization that she co-founded with Melvin Green in 1993. Central Detroit Christian CDC follows the tenets of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA), relocate, reconcile, and redistribute. Lisa believes deep in her heart that the only way to serve a neighborhood is to live there and be a neighbor.

Detroit has been a racially and economically divided city for decades. Healing this divide takes time, presence, mutual trust, love and prayer. Redistribution of resources to remediate the resource and economic gap is a natural extension of the blessings we have received.

Central Detroit Christian CDC has aggregated resources from partner churches, our supporters, and foundations to help our neighbors get into affordable homes, learn new skills to get a job, get a house painted, and provide assistance during a crisis. Sometimes this means taking calls in the middle of the night to pray for and console a family that lost a loved one. Sometimes this means lending a helping hand during a time of need. Relocation, reconciliation and redistribution work together in Central Detroit to create peace (Shalom). Lisa, and her staff, strive towards the same goal, Shalom in the neighborhood and to hear Christ say, "Well done good and faithful servant!"

Lisa is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute and Wheaton College with a major in Education and Bible and a graduate of John Marshall Law School. Lisa's husband Dan is active in several ministries, including The Urban Ministry Institute, TUMI, and Bring Our Men Back, BOMB Squad and Kingsmen, while holding down a job as an electrician. They have two children, Justin and Emma and many non-biological children. They live where they serve in central Detroit.


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