Bill Glass Behind the Walls
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Summary
Bill Glass Behind the Walls was founded in 1969 with one mission: to assist the Church by equipping and igniting Christians to share their faith in Jesus Christ with the "least of these." Each year thousands of volunteers join our prison ministry to lead tens of thousands of inmates to life-changing decisions for Jesus. In the first 40 years more than 1,000,000 of these decisions were recorded. For a great number of the volunteers our event was the first experience in sharing the Gospel with others, and has since emboldened them to step out of the "comfort zone" to be more active in sharing their faith. By learning to share faith in prison you are tapped into a unique training opportunity with eternal significance with a proven impact on society.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Bill Glass Behind the Walls
1101 South Cedar Ridge Dr.
Duncanville, TX 75137
Website: www.behindthewalls.com
Phone: (972) 298-1101
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 752733954
CEO/President: Michael Nolan
Chairman: Billy Glass
Board size: 15
Founder: Bill Glass
Ruling year: 1998
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 1988
Purpose
Vision: Train More. Send More. Win More!
Mission statement
To assist the church by equipping and igniting Christians to share their faith in Jesus Christ with the "least of these."
Statement of faith
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father and in His personal return in power and glory.
We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose dwelling, the Christian is enabled to live a Godly life.
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost when Christ returns for His Church. Those who are saved will be resurrected to life; those who are lost will be resurrected to damnation.
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Evangelism
Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
Overall efficiency rating | 597 of 1095 | 27 of 48 | |
Fund acquisition rating | 718 of 1096 | 32 of 48 | |
Resource allocation rating | 366 of 1096 | 22 of 48 | |
Asset utilization rating | 629 of 1095 | 22 of 48 |
Financial ratios
Funding ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 7% | 9% | 10% | 7% | 12% | 6% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 6% | 9% | 9% | 6% | 10% | 6% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 97% | 94% | 90% | 76% | 84% | 102% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 6% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 7% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 3% | 6% | 10% | 24% | 16% | -2% |
Operating ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 83% | 83% | 83% | 81% | 82% | 86% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 99% | 122% | 120% | 71% | 103% | 89% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 79% | 101% | 100% | 58% | 85% | 76% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 1% | -22% | -20% | 29% | -3% | 11% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 1% | -22% | -16% | 24% | -3% | 16% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 11% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 8% | 8% |
Investing ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.12 | 1.17 | 0.93 | 0.57 | 0.91 | 1.20 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.47 | 1.30 | 1.27 | 1.27 | 1.45 | 1.50 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.42 | 1.51 | 1.18 | 0.73 | 1.32 | 1.80 |
Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 11.21 | 16.26 | 21.32 | 23.09 | 18.00 | 16.44 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 4.40 | 7.45 | 9.67 | 15.76 | 8.57 | 6.25 |
Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 9% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 4% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 78% | 82% | 103% | 169% | 105% | 80% |
Financials
Balance sheet | |||||
Assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Cash | $1,295,033 | $1,677,342 | $1,630,928 | $1,251,748 | $1,242,642 |
Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $111,543 | $54,677 | $366,810 | $97,804 | $70,300 |
Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Total current assets | $1,406,576 | $1,732,019 | $1,997,738 | $1,349,552 | $1,312,942 |
Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Fixed assets | $417,110 | $468,018 | $548,995 | $595,031 | $654,646 |
Other long-term assets | $2 | $0 | $0 | $5,835 | $5,835 |
Total long-term assets | $417,112 | $468,018 | $548,995 | $600,866 | $660,481 |
Total assets | $1,823,688 | $2,200,037 | $2,546,733 | $1,950,418 | $1,973,423 |
Liabilities | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Payables and accrued expenses | $86,485 | $81,226 | $86,502 | $74,966 | $79,883 |
Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Total current liabilities | $86,485 | $81,226 | $86,502 | $74,966 | $79,883 |
Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Total liabilities | $86,485 | $81,226 | $86,502 | $74,966 | $79,883 |
Net assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Without donor restrictions | $1,737,203 | $2,118,811 | $2,290,240 | $1,691,929 | $1,763,583 |
With donor restrictions | $0 | $0 | $169,991 | $183,523 | $129,957 |
Net assets | $1,737,203 | $2,118,811 | $2,460,231 | $1,875,452 | $1,893,540 |
Revenues and expenses | |||||
Revenue | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Total contributions | $1,636,699 | $1,533,807 | $1,559,903 | $1,453,699 | $2,734,416 |
Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Investment income | $21,544 | $6,374 | $3,039 | $7,569 | $5,788 |
Other revenue | $87,567 | $166,713 | $477,384 | $264,952 | ($67,854) |
Total other revenue | $109,111 | $173,087 | $480,423 | $272,521 | ($62,066) |
Total revenue | $1,745,810 | $1,706,894 | $2,040,326 | $1,726,220 | $2,672,350 |
Expenses | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Program services | $1,758,680 | $1,701,055 | $1,174,443 | $1,469,302 | $2,029,421 |
Management and general | $219,080 | $200,258 | $166,227 | $146,406 | $178,534 |
Fundraising | $149,658 | $147,001 | $114,877 | $168,249 | $161,047 |
Total expenses | $2,127,418 | $2,048,314 | $1,455,547 | $1,783,957 | $2,369,002 |
Change in net assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Surplus (deficit) | ($381,608) | ($341,420) | $584,779 | ($57,737) | $303,348 |
Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Total change in net assets | ($381,608) | ($341,420) | $584,779 | ($57,737) | $303,348 |
Compensation
Name | Title | Compensation |
Michael Nolan | CEO | $139,829 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2023
Response from ministry
No response has been provided by this ministry.
The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 5/15/2024. To update the information below, please email: [email protected]
History
Early on, Bill Glass noticed an unusual aspect of athletic success: When he talked, people listened. More than that, people asked him to talk. As a star football player in high school, an all-American at Baylor, and a defensive stalwart during eleven years in the NFL, Glass was regularly invited to stand up and say a few words. As his friends will tell you, Glass has always been an utterly straightforward sort of person. So when he stood to talk, he spoke about the things closest to his heart. He talked about sports, and he talked about Christ. And thus, a dynamic nationwide ministry was born.
His Dallas-based ministry is now called Bill Glass Behind the Walls. With a dedicated staff and volunteers numbering in the thousands, the ministry is known for its high-energy Day of Champions and Weekend of Champions events conducted inside prisons across the country. Bill says a board member kept badgering him to take his message into prison. "I kept resisting. I was frightened that I wouldn't fit in with street kids and gangsters in prison." After overcoming his fears, he saw dramatic results. "I was thrown into it kicking and screaming, but the response from the inmates was just unbelievable," he said.
He has spent much of the last forty years 'behind the walls.' He has taken along other pro athletes, champion weight lifters, magicians, tight-rope walkers - as well as race cars, stunt planes, motorcycles, and just about anything or anyone else - to draw prisoners out for a message of hope and deliverance. He discovered that prison inmates are just like everyone else: They will listen to what an athlete has to say, and they will respond to a heartfelt Christian witness. All these years later, Bill Glass is still talking, and people are still listening to him.