CrossPurpose

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Summary

CrossPurpose is a non-profit organization abolishing relational, economic, and spiritual poverty through career and community development.

Contact information

Mailing address:
CrossPurpose
3050 Richard Allen Ct
Denver, CO 80205

Website: crosspurpose.org

Phone: 720-724-9544

Email: [email protected]

Organization details

EIN: 463862392

CEO/President: Jason Janz

Chairman: Sawyer Gordon

Board size: 10

Founder:

Ruling year: 2014

Tax deductible: Yes

Fiscal year end:

Member of ECFA: Yes

Member of ECFA since: 2019

Purpose

In 2008, about a dozen people organized around a passion to live out their faith differently. They felt deeply burdened and convicted about doing a deep walk with the poor to engage areas of their faith they believed were dormant. As one of our founders said, "We started this to save our own souls."

That core group sought to answer to the question,

"What would it be like if we gave the best 30 years of our lives to one mission with one people in one place?"

So, they made an all-in commitment to the neighborhood of Northeast Denver to plant deep roots and model a ministry of longevity and lasting impact.

Mission statement

The mission of CrossPurpose is to abolish economic, spiritual, and relational poverty through career and community development.

Statement of faith

Donor confidence score

Question Response Score
Does the organization have a statement of faith consistent with historic Christian creeds and is that statement of easily found on its website? No 0/4
Does the board have no more than 2 non-independent members? Yes 10/10
Does the board have at least four independent board members for every non-independent member? Yes 4/4
Does the board contain between 5 and 11 members? Yes 10/10
Does the organization file a Form 990 and make its Form 990 available to the public? Yes 15/15
Does the organization make its audit or review (if annual revenue is more than $1-m) available on its website? No 0/4
Is the organization a member of the ECFA? Yes 9/9
Is the CEO/President's compensation within one standard deviation of the median compensation? Yes 4/4
Did the organization operate at a net profit (revenue greater than expenses) in the most recent year? Yes 4/4
Does the organization refrain from owning or leasing a private aircraft, or having fractional interest in one, that is primarily used for travel by the organization's leaders? Yes 4/4
For the past five years, has the organization been free of any lawsuits or administrative actions filed against it by an employee, client, board member, vendor, donor, or other related party? Yes 4/4
Are author royalties and speaking engagement fees paid to the organization, and not the individual? Yes 4/4
Does the organization require its employees to affirm upon hiring the statement of faith of the organization? Yes 4/4
Is the board chair an independent member of the board? Yes 4/4
Does the board have term limits? Yes 4/4
Have there been no public accusations of misdeeds against the organization, founder, CEO, senior pastor, or board members in the past five years? Yes 4/4
Has the organization refrained from the use of non-disclosure agreements? Yes 4/4
Does the organization have an overall financial efficiency rating of at least 2 stars? No 0/4
Total donor confidence score 88/100
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Transparency grade

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Financial efficiency ratings

Sector: Community Development
Category Rating Overall rank Sector rank
Overall efficiency rating 943 of 1085 115 of 142
Fund acquisition rating 906 of 1088 106 of 142
Resource allocation rating 883 of 1088 116 of 142
Asset utilization rating 627 of 1085 79 of 142

Financial ratios

Funding ratios Sector median 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts =
Fundraising expense /
Total contributions
7% 10% 13% 9% 5% 9%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total revenue
5% 10% 12% 8% 5% 9%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance =
Total contributions /
Total revenue
92% 98% 93% 96% 100% 99%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total expenses
6% 14% 14% 10% 12% 8%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance =
Total other revenue /
Total revenue
8% 2% 7% 4% 0% 1%

Operating ratios Sector median 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio =
Program services /
Total expenses
82% 72% 74% 80% 70% 82%
Spending ratio Spending ratio =
Total expenses /
Total revenue
90% 75% 88% 82% 42% 108%
Program output ratio Program output ratio =
Program services /
Total revenue
72% 55% 65% 66% 29% 89%
Savings ratio Savings ratio =
Surplus (deficit) /
Total revenue
10% 25% 12% 18% 58% -8%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate =
Surplus (deficit) /
Net assets
13% 30% 13% 26% 91% -52%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio =
Management and general expense /
Total expenses
11% 14% 12% 10% 17% 9%

Investing ratios Sector median 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total assets
0.86 0.72 0.76 0.92 0.49 4.70
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment =
Total assets /
Total current assets
1.63 1.47 1.93 2.26 2.64 1.24
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total current assets
1.55 1.05 1.47 2.08 1.30 5.84

Liquidity ratios Sector median 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Current ratio Current ratio =
Total current assets /
Total current liabilities
16.96 16.42 6.28 1.84 2.52 2.70
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio =
Total current liabilities /
Total current assets
0.06 0.06 0.16 0.54 0.40 0.37
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level =
(Total current assets -
Total current liabilities) /
(Total expenses / 12)
6.94 10.69 6.85 2.64 5.59 1.29

Solvency ratios Sector median 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio =
Total liabilities /
Total assets
9% 22% 15% 25% 25% 30%
Debt ratio Debt ratio =
Debt /
Total assets
0% 13% 0% 0% 10% 0%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio =
Net assets /
Total expenses
104% 109% 111% 82% 153% 15%

Financials

Balance sheet

Assets 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Cash $3,580,979 $2,224,179 $2,094,244 $1,124,517 $259,865
Receivables, inventories, prepaids $478,869 $131,220 $46,967 $223,798 $7,891
Short-term investments $1,148,998 $188,854 $7,820 $0 $0
Other current assets $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Total current assets $5,208,846 $2,544,253 $2,149,031 $1,348,315 $267,756
Long-term investments $225,979 $180,447 $187,055 $0 $0
Fixed assets $2,222,887 $2,190,918 $2,510,967 $2,206,353 $0
Other long-term assets $0 $0 $0 $9,845 $65,189
Total long-term assets $2,448,866 $2,371,365 $2,698,022 $2,216,198 $65,189
Total assets $7,657,712 $4,915,618 $4,847,053 $3,564,513 $332,945

Liabilities 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Payables and accrued expenses $317,275 $211,470 $968,290 $534,024 $99,251
Other current liabilities $0 $193,392 $200,000 $0 $0
Total current liabilities $317,275 $404,862 $1,168,290 $534,024 $99,251
Debt $1,026,000 $0 $0 $350,000 $0
Due to (from) affiliates $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Other long-term liabilities $342,840 $342,141 $35,161 $0 $0
Total long-term liabilities $1,368,840 $342,141 $35,161 $350,000 $0
Total liabilities $1,686,115 $747,003 $1,203,451 $884,024 $99,251

Net assets 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Without donor restrictions $4,881,782 $4,012,701 $3,594,900 $2,115,038 $208,694
With donor restrictions $1,089,815 $155,914 $48,702 $565,451 $25,000
Net assets $5,971,597 $4,168,615 $3,643,602 $2,680,489 $233,694

Revenues and expenses

Revenue 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Total contributions $7,189,403 $3,992,765 $5,196,768 $4,185,357 $1,433,713
Program service revenue $18,633 $273,565 $215,142 $8,299 $30,576
Membership dues $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Investment income $82,603 $1,790 $1,729 $327 $0
Other revenue $8,467 $6,656 $13,368 $1,991 ($22,779)
Total other revenue $109,703 $282,011 $230,239 $10,617 $7,797
Total revenue $7,299,106 $4,274,776 $5,427,007 $4,195,974 $1,441,510

Expenses 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Program services $3,980,436 $2,766,725 $3,557,320 $1,229,288 $1,289,374
Management and general $769,345 $450,716 $454,620 $302,897 $141,730
Fundraising $741,954 $532,322 $451,954 $216,994 $132,838
Total expenses $5,491,735 $3,749,763 $4,463,894 $1,749,179 $1,563,942

Change in net assets 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Surplus (deficit) $1,807,371 $525,013 $963,113 $2,446,795 ($122,432)
Other changes in net assets $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Total change in net assets $1,807,371 $525,013 $963,113 $2,446,795 ($122,432)

Compensation

Name Title Compensation
Jason Janz President & $170,690
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2021

Response from ministry

No response has been provided by this ministry.

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History

The journey began with the founding of Providence Bible Church, where one of the values was that all members be involved in the community, modeling the life of Jesus by loving our neighbors through self-sacrifice.

As a result, Providence started ministries to single moms, men and women leaving incarceration, refugees, and families in poverty. All of these aligned with a desire to go to the redemptive edge and walk alongside people society had left behind.

Several members of the founding team took jobs in local schools to serve and learn and love their neighbors. After several years of this work, it became obvious that despite helping thousands of people, there was a lack of transformational change.

The problem was not with our neighbors, it was with us.

We mistakenly thought that providing relief in the form of food, clothing, backpacks, computer labs, Christmas gifts, and turkey dinners was the solution. Truthfully, the system that created conditions which caused poverty to spread needed expensive love. We were convicted by the thought that the biblical idea of justice was helping the neighbor until the need was completely met.

THE NONPROFIT EMERGES

In 2012, we merged all of the ministries into a separate community development non-profit called Upstream Impact.

Instead of helping thousands, we focused on 19 families with the promise that if they put in the work, we would do all we could to not just help them in poverty, but to help them escape poverty for life.

We approached this challenge holistically because while poverty shows its effects financially, the solution is often relational and spiritual. This informed what is now the mission of CrossPurpose: "to abolish economic, relational, and spiritual poverty through career and community development."

To this end, we doubled down on building social capital with our families and lived by the maxim, "There is no significant change without a significant relationship." For the last ten years, our weekly family dinners have been the place where lifelong friendships have been formed between our families, volunteers, donors, and staff.

A FAITH-BASED APPROACH

In 2014, we started a faith-based non-profit that took the same model and incorporated faith elements into it. Over half of our neighbors come from a background of faith and is a vital part of how they view the world.

In 2016, we merged Upstream Impact and CrossPurpose into one organization and decided to be a faith-based organization, but to make faith development in the program optional with engagement opportunities provided outside of program hours. We believe this honors all people and creates an environment of radical inclusivity and respect.

CROSSPURPOSE TODAY

In 2017, we received a building to lease for $1/year. With an extensive remodel, this became our beautiful Northeast Denver headquarters designed with and for the community. We believe that space matters and we desire that when our neighbors come through the doors, we look like part of the solution, not part of the problem.

In 2020, we completed our first five-year plan and saw 1,000 men, women, and children escape poverty.

At the start of 2021, we launched our second five-year plan which includes scaling to four locations (Northeast Denver, Englewood, Arvada, and Aurora) serving a total of 800 families per year. By the end of 2025, our dream is to see a total of 5,000 Denver neighbors break out of poverty and achieve their dreams.

Since the founding days, God has blessed the ministry and we've seen radical transformation in our own lives. Our tagline is "Live Different Together." The work we do is hard and also deeply rewarding, and we're not going anywhere. Our sole focus is to build a legacy institution of excellence serving thousands of neighbors for decades to come.

Program accomplishments

Needs

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Question	Response	Score
Does the organization have a statement of faith consistent with historic Christian creeds and is that statement of easily found on its website?	No	0/4
Does the board have no more than 2 non-independent members?	Yes	10/10
Does the board have at least four independent board members for every non-independent member?	Yes	4/4
Does the board contain between 5 and 11 members?	Yes	10/10
Does the organization file a Form 990 and make its Form 990 available to the public?	Yes	15/15
Does the organization make its audit or review (if annual revenue is more than $1-m) available on its website?	No	0/4
Is the organization a member of the ECFA?	Yes	9/9
Is the CEO/President's compensation within one standard deviation of the median compensation?	Yes	4/4
Did the organization operate at a net profit (revenue greater than expenses) in the most recent year?	Yes	4/4
Does the organization refrain from owning or leasing a private aircraft, or having fractional interest in one, that is primarily used for travel by the organization's leaders?	Yes	4/4
For the past five years, has the organization been free of any lawsuits or administrative actions filed against it by an employee, client, board member, vendor, donor, or other related party?	Yes	4/4
Are author royalties and speaking engagement fees paid to the organization, and not the individual?	Yes	4/4
Does the organization require its employees to affirm upon hiring the statement of faith of the organization?	Yes	4/4
Is the board chair an independent member of the board?	Yes	4/4
Does the board have term limits?	Yes	4/4
Have there been no public accusations of misdeeds against the organization, founder, CEO, senior pastor, or board members in the past five years?	Yes	4/4
Has the organization refrained from the use of non-disclosure agreements?	Yes	4/4
Does the organization have an overall financial efficiency rating of at least 2 stars?	No	0/4
Total donor confidence score		88/100

Category	Rating	Overall rank	Sector rank
Overall efficiency rating		943 of 1085	115 of 142
Fund acquisition rating		906 of 1088	106 of 142
Resource allocation rating		883 of 1088	116 of 142
Asset utilization rating		627 of 1085	79 of 142

Funding ratios	Sector median	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions	7%	10%	13%	9%	5%	9%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue	5%	10%	12%	8%	5%	9%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue	92%	98%	93%	96%	100%	99%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses	6%	14%	14%	10%	12%	8%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue	8%	2%	7%	4%	0%	1%

Operating ratios	Sector median	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses	82%	72%	74%	80%	70%	82%
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue	90%	75%	88%	82%	42%	108%
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue	72%	55%	65%	66%	29%	89%
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue	10%	25%	12%	18%	58%	-8%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets	13%	30%	13%	26%	91%	-52%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses	11%	14%	12%	10%	17%	9%

Investing ratios	Sector median	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets	0.86	0.72	0.76	0.92	0.49	4.70
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets	1.63	1.47	1.93	2.26	2.64	1.24
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets	1.55	1.05	1.47	2.08	1.30	5.84

Liquidity ratios	Sector median	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities	16.96	16.42	6.28	1.84	2.52	2.70
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets	0.06	0.06	0.16	0.54	0.40	0.37
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12)	6.94	10.69	6.85	2.64	5.59	1.29

Solvency ratios	Sector median	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets	9%	22%	15%	25%	25%	30%
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets	0%	13%	0%	0%	10%	0%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses	104%	109%	111%	82%	153%	15%

Balance sheet

Assets	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Cash	$3,580,979	$2,224,179	$2,094,244	$1,124,517	$259,865
Receivables, inventories, prepaids	$478,869	$131,220	$46,967	$223,798	$7,891
Short-term investments	$1,148,998	$188,854	$7,820	$0	$0
Other current assets	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total current assets	$5,208,846	$2,544,253	$2,149,031	$1,348,315	$267,756
Long-term investments	$225,979	$180,447	$187,055	$0	$0
Fixed assets	$2,222,887	$2,190,918	$2,510,967	$2,206,353	$0
Other long-term assets	$0	$0	$0	$9,845	$65,189
Total long-term assets	$2,448,866	$2,371,365	$2,698,022	$2,216,198	$65,189
Total assets	$7,657,712	$4,915,618	$4,847,053	$3,564,513	$332,945

Liabilities	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Payables and accrued expenses	$317,275	$211,470	$968,290	$534,024	$99,251
Other current liabilities	$0	$193,392	$200,000	$0	$0
Total current liabilities	$317,275	$404,862	$1,168,290	$534,024	$99,251
Debt	$1,026,000	$0	$0	$350,000	$0
Due to (from) affiliates	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Other long-term liabilities	$342,840	$342,141	$35,161	$0	$0
Total long-term liabilities	$1,368,840	$342,141	$35,161	$350,000	$0
Total liabilities	$1,686,115	$747,003	$1,203,451	$884,024	$99,251

Net assets	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Without donor restrictions	$4,881,782	$4,012,701	$3,594,900	$2,115,038	$208,694
With donor restrictions	$1,089,815	$155,914	$48,702	$565,451	$25,000
Net assets	$5,971,597	$4,168,615	$3,643,602	$2,680,489	$233,694

Revenues and expenses

Revenue	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Total contributions	$7,189,403	$3,992,765	$5,196,768	$4,185,357	$1,433,713
Program service revenue	$18,633	$273,565	$215,142	$8,299	$30,576
Membership dues	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Investment income	$82,603	$1,790	$1,729	$327	$0
Other revenue	$8,467	$6,656	$13,368	$1,991	($22,779)
Total other revenue	$109,703	$282,011	$230,239	$10,617	$7,797
Total revenue	$7,299,106	$4,274,776	$5,427,007	$4,195,974	$1,441,510

Expenses	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Program services	$3,980,436	$2,766,725	$3,557,320	$1,229,288	$1,289,374
Management and general	$769,345	$450,716	$454,620	$302,897	$141,730
Fundraising	$741,954	$532,322	$451,954	$216,994	$132,838
Total expenses	$5,491,735	$3,749,763	$4,463,894	$1,749,179	$1,563,942

Change in net assets	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Surplus (deficit)	$1,807,371	$525,013	$963,113	$2,446,795	($122,432)
Other changes in net assets	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total change in net assets	$1,807,371	$525,013	$963,113	$2,446,795	($122,432)