Makella Knowles, Author at MinistryWatch
Strong rankings and fundraising gains come alongside a D grade for financial transparency.
Grove City College's revenue jumped to $178.5M in 2024, then fell back to $124.5M in 2025. The Christian college still carries a D Transparency Grade. Here's why.
This Michigan retreat ministry's Transparency Grade fell to a D after it stopped filing Form 990s.
Life Action Ministries stopped filing Form 990 in 2023. The result: a Transparency Grade drop from C to D and a Donor Confidence Score of 50. The Michigan retreat ministry says it's classified as a ...
Revenue dropped by $26M in 2025.
Campbellsville University fell out of the top 50 in MinistryWatch's Colleges & Universities sector after revenue dropped $26M in 2025. Cash assets plunged from $12.6M to $4.3M.
From prison ministry to deliverance teaching, Katie Souza's ministry has taken an otherworldly theological turn.
Katie Souza's ministry evolved from prison redemption to faith healing — and now to claims that aliens harvested her eggs to create a hybrid child. Her influence is climbing, and so is the ministry’s revenue. ...
Ministry says 2023 revenue spike funded new faith-based media projects.
Impact Productions saw revenue jump from $4.9M to $9.9M in 2023, driven by a building sale and new media projects—then it dropped back to $5.5M in 2024. Read the full Ministry Spotlight on MinistryWatch.com.
Revenue plunged and reserves turned negative after 2024 leadership change.
Charlotte Rescue Mission's Financial Efficiency Rating takes a hit after both its revenue and savings ratio drop following a leadership change in 2024.
Ministry withholds Form 990 as a recognized church while facing a growing $7M deficit.
After founder James Robison's death, LIFE Outreach faces financial strain and continued transparency questions.
Discipleship ministry owned by Bevere family withholds Form 990 since 2018 after gaining IRS church status.
Discipleship ministry Messenger International — led by John and Lisa Bevere — hasn't filed a Form 990 since 2018, after gaining IRS church status that year. See what else we found in this week's Ministry ...
Despite new president and rising Donor Confidence Score, financial transparency questions persist.
World Gospel Mission has a new president and a rising Donor Confidence Score, but financial transparency questions persist.
Church status, shifting corporate structures have let founder Kevin Adell avoid financial disclosure for years.
A failed $75M FCC deal. An $18M tax lawsuit. Zero public financial records. Our latest Ministry Spotlight digs into The Word Network Foundation and the corporate maneuvers keeping its finances hidden from donors.
