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MINISTRY PARTNERS INVESTMENT COMPANY, LLC
FORM 10-Q
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 3 | |
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Exhibit 31.1: | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15(d)-14(a) | |
Exhibit 31.2: | Certification of Principal Accounting Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15(d)-14(a) | |
Exhibit 32.1: | Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350 as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
Exhibit 32.2: | Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350 as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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Ministry Partners Investment Company, LLC and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023
(dollars in thousands except unit data)
September 30, | December 31, | |||||
| 2024 |
| 2023 | |||
(Unaudited) | (Audited) | |||||
Assets: | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | | $ | | ||
Restricted cash | | | ||||
Certificates of deposit | | | ||||
Loans receivable, net of allowance for expected credit losses of $ | | | ||||
Other assets | | | ||||
Total assets | $ | | $ | | ||
Liabilities and members’ equity | ||||||
Liabilities: | ||||||
Lines of credit | $ | — | $ | | ||
Other secured borrowings | | | ||||
Debt certificates payable, net of debt issuance costs of $ | | | ||||
Other liabilities | | | ||||
Total liabilities | | | ||||
Members' Equity: | ||||||
Series A preferred units, | | | ||||
Class A common units, | | | ||||
Net assets of Ministry Partners for Christ, with donor restrictions | | | ||||
Accumulated deficit | ( | ( | ||||
Total members' equity | | | ||||
Total liabilities and members' equity | $ | | $ | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Ministry Partners Investment Company, LLC and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023
(dollars in thousands)
Three months ended | Nine months ended | |||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||
| 2024 |
| 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
Interest income: | ||||||||||||
Interest on loans | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Interest on interest-bearing accounts | | | | | ||||||||
Total interest income | | | | | ||||||||
Interest expense: | ||||||||||||
Debt certificates | | | | | ||||||||
Other debt | | | | |||||||||
Total interest expense | | | | |||||||||
Net interest income | | | | | ||||||||
Provision (credit) for expected credit losses | | | ( | ( | ||||||||
Net interest income after provision (credit) for expected credit losses | | | | | ||||||||
Non-interest income: | ||||||||||||
Broker-dealer commissions and fees | | | | | ||||||||
Other income | | | | | ||||||||
Charitable contributions, with donor restrictions | — | — | — | | ||||||||
Total non-interest income | | | | | ||||||||
Non-interest expenses: | ||||||||||||
Salaries and benefits | | | | | ||||||||
Marketing and promotion | | | | | ||||||||
Office occupancy | | | | | ||||||||
Office operations and other expenses | | | | | ||||||||
Foreclosed assets | — | — | | | ||||||||
Legal and accounting | | | | | ||||||||
Total non-interest expenses | | | | | ||||||||
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes | | ( | ( | | ||||||||
Provision for income taxes and state LLC fees | | | | | ||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Ministry Partners Investment Company, LLC and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023
Nine months ended | ||||||
September 30, | ||||||
| 2024 |
| 2023 | |||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | ( | $ | | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used by operating activities: | ||||||
Depreciation | | | ||||
Amortization of deferred loan fees, net | ( | ( | ||||
Amortization of debt issuance costs | | | ||||
Credit for expected credit losses | ( | ( | ||||
Accretion of loan discount | ( | ( | ||||
Gain on sale of loans | ( | ( | ||||
Loss on retirement of fixed assets | | — | ||||
Gain on other investments | ( | ( | ||||
Adoption of new accounting standard | — | ( | ||||
Changes in: | ||||||
Accrued interest receivable | ( | | ||||
Other assets | | | ||||
Accrued interest payable | ( | | ||||
Other liabilities | | ( | ||||
Net cash used by operating activities | ( | ( | ||||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||
Loan purchases | ( | ( | ||||
Loan originations | ( | ( | ||||
Loan sales | | | ||||
Loan principal collections | | | ||||
Purchase of certificates of deposit | ( | ( | ||||
Purchase of property and equipment | ( | — | ||||
Net cash provided (used) by investing activities | | ( | ||||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||
Borrowings, net of repayments on lines of credit | ( | | ||||
Net change in debt certificates payable | ( | | ||||
Debt issuance costs | ( | ( | ||||
Dividends paid on preferred units | ( | ( | ||||
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities | ( | | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and restricted cash | ( | | ||||
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period | | | ||||
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period | $ | | $ | | ||
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information | ||||||
Interest paid | $ | | $ | | ||
Income taxes paid | | | ||||
Supplemental disclosures of non-cash transactions | ||||||
Servicing assets recorded | | | ||||
Leased assets obtained in exchange of new operating lease liabilities | | — | ||||
Lease liabilities recorded | | — | ||||
Dividends declared to preferred unit holders | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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MINISTRY PARTNERS INVESTMENT COMPANY, LLC
NOTES TO Condensed CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information, general financial industry practices, and with the instructions in Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes for complete financial statements and have not been audited. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted. The results of operations for the periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year. Reference should be made to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in our 2023 annual report filed on Form 10-K provides a more detailed description of our accounting policies and notes to financial statements. There have been no material changes since the date of that report.
In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows as of September 30, 2024, and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, have been made.
Note 1: Nature of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The Company and its Subsidiaries
Throughout these notes to consolidated financial statements, we refer to Ministry Partners Investment Company, LLC and its subsidiaries as the “Company.” The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries are: Ministry Partners Funding, LLC (“MPF”), MP Realty Services, Inc. (“MP Realty”), Ministry Partners Securities, LLC (“MP Securities”), and Ministry Partners for Christ, Inc. (“MPC”).
Risks and Uncertainties
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Federal Reserve Board (‘FRB”) policy that is attempting to reduce inflation to its long-term target of 2%, the disruption of global supply chains, and
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higher interest rates relative to recent history are straining the U.S. economy and the U.S. consumer. While it is not possible to know the full extent of the long-term impact of these current events, the Company is disclosing potentially material factors that could impact our business of which it is aware.
Note 2: Pledged Cash and Restricted Cash
Under the terms of its debt agreements, the Company can pledge cash as collateral for its borrowings. On September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had cash of $
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported within the statement of financial position to the amounts reported in the statements of cash flows (dollars in thousands):
September 30, | December 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
| 2023 | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||
Restricted cash | | | | ||||||
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash shown in the statement of cash flows | $ | | $ | | $ | |
Restricted cash includes $
Note 3: Related Party Transactions
This disclosure describes the nature, description, and amounts of related party transactions.
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Transactions with Subsidiaries
The Company has entered into several agreements with its subsidiary, MP Securities. The Company eliminates the income and expense related to these agreements in the consolidated financial statements.
Related Party Transaction Policy
The Board has adopted a Related Party Transaction Policy to assist in evaluating transactions the Company may enter into with a related party. Under this policy, a majority of the members of the Company’s Board and majority of its independent Board members must approve a material transaction that it enters into with a related party.
Related Party Transactions with Owners
The Company has entered into several transactions with its equity owners. The following table (dollars in thousands) describes the nature and dollar amounts of the related party transactions with these owners.
September 30, | December 31, | |||||
2024 |
| 2023 | ||||
Balance Sheet Items | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents held at related parties | $ | | $ | | ||
Lines of credit payable to related parties | — | | ||||
Off Balance Sheet Items | ||||||
Loans serviced for the related parties | $ | | $ | |
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Three months ended | Nine months ended | |||||||||||
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| 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||
Income Statement Items | ||||||||||||
Interest income on loans purchased from related parties | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Interest income on interest-bearing accounts held at related parties | | | | | ||||||||
Interest expense on other debt due to related parties | | | | | ||||||||
Networking fees paid to related parties for referring business to the Company | | | | | ||||||||
Income from broker services provided to related parties | | | |
Related Party Transactions with Non-Owner Organizations
The Company has entered into several transactions with Kane County Teacher’s Credit Union (“KCT”), whose Chief Executive Officer and President serves as our Chairman of the Board and therefore can significantly influence the management or both parties. On April 3, 2024, KCT and Consumers Credit Union announced their intent to merge. If this transaction is completed, it is not known if KCT’s current Chief Executive Officer will remain at the merged credit union in a capacity that exerts influence on management, nor can management predict if or how this may affect future business agreements with KCT.
The following table describes the nature and dollar amounts of the related party transactions with KCT.
September 30, | December 31, | |||||
Balance Sheet Items | 2024 |
| 2023 | |||
Cash and cash equivalents held at related parties | $ | — | $ | | ||
Certificates of deposit held at related parties | | | ||||
Lines of credit payable to related parties | — | — | ||||
Off Balance Sheet Items | ||||||
Loans serviced for the related parties | $ | | $ | |
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Three months ended | Nine months ended | |||||||||||
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| 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||
Income Statement Items | ||||||||||||
Interest on interest-bearing accounts held at related parties | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Interest expense on other debt due related parties | | — | | — | ||||||||
Networking fees paid to related parties for referring business to the Company | | | | |
Related Party Transactions with Management
From time to time, the Company’s Board and members of its executive management team have purchased debt certificates from the Company or have purchased investment products through MP Securities. The following table (dollars in thousands) describes the nature and dollar amounts of these related party transactions with its management.
September 30, | December 31, | |||||
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| 2023 | ||||
Outstanding public offering debt certificates payable to officers and managers | $ | | $ | |
Note 4: Loans Receivable and Allowance for Expected Credit Losses
The Company’s loan portfolio comprises
The loan portfolio had a weighted average interest rate of
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The table below is a summary of the Company’s loans receivable (dollars in thousands):
September 30, | December 31, | |||||
| 2024 |
| 2023 | |||
Non-profit commercial loans: | ||||||
Real estate secured | $ | | $ | | ||
Unsecured | | | ||||
Total non-profit commercial loans: | | | ||||
For-profit commercial loans: | ||||||
Real estate secured | | | ||||
Total loans | | | ||||
Deferred loan fees, net | ( | ( | ||||
Loan discount | ( | ( | ||||
Allowance for expected credit losses | ( | ( | ||||
Loans, net | $ | | $ | |
Allowance for expected credit losses
Management believes it has properly calculated the allowance for expected credit losses using the Current Expected Credit Loss (“CECL”) methodology as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
Nine months ended | |||||||||
| September 30, 2024 | ||||||||
Segment: | Non-profit Commercial | For-profit Commercial | Total | ||||||
Balance, beginning of period | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||
Credit for expected credit loss | ( | ( | ( | ||||||
Charge-offs | ( | — | ( | ||||||
Recoveries | — | — | — | ||||||
Balance, end of period | $ | | $ | | $ | |
Year ended | |||||||||
December 31, 2023 | |||||||||
Segment: | Non-profit Commercial | For-profit Commercial | Total | ||||||
Balance, beginning of period | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||
Adjustment related to implementation of CECL model | | ( | | ||||||
Provision (credit) for expected credit loss | ( | | ( | ||||||
Charge-offs | ( | — | ( | ||||||
Recoveries | — | — | — | ||||||
Balance, end of period | $ | | $ | | $ | |
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In the course of its lending operations, the Company has made loans that include commitments to fund additional amounts over the remaining term of the loan. See "Note 12: Commitments and Contingencies" for details on its allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet commitments.
The table below presents loans by portfolio segment and the related allowance for expected credit losses. In addition, the table segregates loans and the allowance for expected credit losses by impairment methodology (dollars in thousands).
Loans and Allowance for | ||||||
As of | ||||||
| September 30, 2024 |
| December 31, 2023 | |||
Non-profit Commercial Loans: | ||||||
Individually evaluated for impairment | $ | | $ | | ||
Collectively evaluated for impairment | | | ||||
Total Non-profit Commercial Loans | | | ||||
For-profit Commercial Loans: | ||||||
Individually evaluated for impairment | — | — | ||||
Collectively evaluated for impairment | | | ||||
Total For-profit Commercial Loans | | | ||||
Balance | $ | | $ | | ||
Allowance for expected credit losses: | ||||||
Non-profit Commercial Loans: | ||||||
Individually evaluated for impairment | $ | | $ | | ||
Collectively evaluated for impairment | | | ||||
Total Non-profit Commercial Loan Allowance | | | ||||
For-profit Commercial Loans: | ||||||
Individually evaluated for impairment | — | — | ||||
Collectively evaluated for impairment | | | ||||
Total For-profit Commercial Loan Allowance | | | ||||
Balance | $ | | $ | |
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The Company has established a loan grading system to assist management in their analysis and supervision of the loan portfolio.
Credit Quality Indicators (by class) | |||||||||||||||||||||
As of September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pass |
| Watch |
| Special Mention |
| Substandard |
| Doubtful |
| Loss |
| Total | ||||||||
Non-profit Commercial Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned First Amortizing | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | |||||||
Wholly Owned Other Amortizing | | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned Unsecured Amortizing | | | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned Unsecured LOC | | — | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned Construction | | — | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Participation First | | — | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Total Non-profit Commercial Loans | | | | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
For-profit Commercial Loans | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned First Amortizing | | | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Participation First | | | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Participation Construction | | — | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Total For-profit Commercial Loans | | | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Total Loans | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | $ | |
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Credit Quality Indicators (by class) | |||||||||||||||||||||
As of December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pass |
| Watch |
| Special Mention |
| Substandard |
| Doubtful |
| Loss |
| Total | ||||||||
Non-profit Commercial Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned First Amortizing | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | |||||||
Wholly Owned Other Amortizing | | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned Unsecured Amortizing | | | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned Unsecured LOC | | — | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned Construction | | — | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Participation First | | — | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Total Non-profit Commercial Loans | | | | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
For-profit Commercial Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned First Amortizing | | — | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Participation First | | — | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Participation Construction | | — | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Total For-profit Commercial Loans | | — | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Total Loans | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | $ | |
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The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the Company’s loan portfolio delinquencies by loan class and amount (dollars in thousands):
Age Analysis of Past Due Loans (by class) | |||||||||||||||||||||
As of September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 30-59 Days Past Due |
| 60-89 Days Past Due |
| Greater Than 90 Days |
| Total Past |
| Current |
| Total Loans |
| Recorded | ||||||||
Non-profit Commercial Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned First Amortizing | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | — | |||||||
Wholly Owned Other Amortizing | — | — | — | — | | | — | ||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned Unsecured Amortizing | — | — | — | — | | | — | ||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned Unsecured LOC | — | — | — | — | | | — | ||||||||||||||
Participation First | — | — | — | — | | | — | ||||||||||||||
Total Non-profit Commercial Loans | | | | | | | — | ||||||||||||||
For-profit Commercial Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned First Amortizing | — | — | — | — | | | — | ||||||||||||||
Participation First | — | — | — | — | | | — | ||||||||||||||
Participation Construction | — | — | — | — | | | — | ||||||||||||||
Total For-profit Commercial Loans | — | — | — | — | | | — | ||||||||||||||
Total Loans | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | — |
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Age Analysis of Past Due Loans (by class) | |||||||||||||||||||||
As of December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 30-59 |
| 60-89 Days Past Due |
| Greater Than 90 Days |
| Total Past |
| Current |
| Total Loans |
| Recorded | ||||||||
Non-profit Commercial Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned First Amortizing | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | — | |||||||
Wholly Owned Other Amortizing | — | — | — | — | | | — | ||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned Unsecured Amortizing | — | — | — | — | | | — | ||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned Unsecured LOC | — | — | — | — | | | — | ||||||||||||||
Wholly Owned Construction | — | — | — | — | | | — | ||||||||||||||
Participation First | — | — | — | — | | | — | ||||||||||||||
Total Non-profit Commercial Loans | | | | | | | — | ||||||||||||||
For-profit Commercial Loans | |||||||||||||||||||||
Participation First | — | — | — | — | | | — | ||||||||||||||
Participation Construction | — | — | — | — | | | — | ||||||||||||||
Total For-profit Commercial Loans | — | — | — | — | | | — | ||||||||||||||
Total Loans | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | — |
Impaired Loans
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As of | As of | |||||
September 30, | December 31, | |||||
Impaired Non-profit commercial Loans (by class) |
| 2024 |
| 2023 | ||
Wholly Owned First Amortizing | ||||||
Recorded investment with specific allowance | $ | | $ | | ||
Recorded with no specific allowance | | | ||||
Total recorded investment | $ | | $ | | ||
Unpaid principal balance | $ | | $ | | ||
Wholly Owned Other Amortizing | ||||||
Recorded investment with specific allowance | $ | | $ | | ||
Recorded with no specific allowance | — | — | ||||
Total recorded investment | $ | | $ | | ||
Unpaid principal balance | $ | | $ | | ||
Total Impaired Loans | ||||||
Recorded investment with specific allowance | $ | | $ | | ||
Recorded with no specific allowance | | | ||||
Total recorded investment | $ | | $ | | ||
Unpaid principal balance | $ | | $ | |
For the three months ended | For the nine months ended | |||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||
Impaired Non-profit Commercial Loans (by class) |
| 2024 |
| 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
Wholly Owned First Amortizing | ||||||||||||
Average recorded investment | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Interest income recognized | | | | | ||||||||
Wholly Owned Other Amortizing | ||||||||||||
Average recorded investment | | | | | ||||||||
Interest income recognized | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Total Impaired Loans | ||||||||||||
Average recorded investment | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Interest income recognized | | | | |
A summary of nonaccrual loans by loan class is as follows (dollars in thousands):
Loans on Nonaccrual Status (by class) | ||||||
as of | ||||||
| September 30, 2024 |
| December 31, 2023 | |||
Non-profit Commercial Loans: | ||||||
Wholly Owned First Amortizing | $ | | $ | | ||
Wholly Owned Other Amortizing | | | ||||
Total | $ | | $ | |
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The Company modified
Loan Modifications (by class) | ||||||||||||
For the three months ended | For the nine months ended | |||||||||||
| September 30, 2024 |
| September 30, 2023 | September 30, 2024 | September 30, 2023 | |||||||
Non-profit Commercial Loans: | ||||||||||||
Wholly Owned First Amortizing | ||||||||||||
Number of Loans | | | | | ||||||||
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | | | | | ||||||||
Recorded Investment At Period End | | | | | ||||||||
Total | ||||||||||||
Number of Loans | | | | | ||||||||
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | | | | | ||||||||
Recorded Investment At Period End | | | | |
The Company has
Note 5: Investments
Joint Venture
The Company has an ownership interest in a joint venture that owns real estate. See the Company’s annual report for more information on the joint venture. The Company’s ownership percentage in the joint venture was
As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the value of the Company’s investment in the joint venture was $
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Certificates of Deposit
The Company held an investment in certificates of deposit with an original maturity greater than three months on September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
Details of these certificates as of September 30, 2024, are as follows (dollars in thousands):
As of September 30, 2024 | |||||||||
Certificate | Open Date | Certificate Amount | Interest Rate | Maturity Date | |||||
3/15/2024 | $ | |
The certificate identified above was purchased from KCT and is pledged as a compensating balance under the terms of the KCT Warehouse LOC. See “Note 10: Credit Facilities and Other Debt” for additional terms and conditions of these credit facilities.
Other Investments
In June 2022, the Company entered into
Additional information related to these investments is as follows (dollars in thousands):
Income for the three months ended | Income for the nine months ended | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment Type |
| Maturity Date |
| Original Cost |
| Net Carrying Amount |
| September 30, 2024 |
| September 30, 2023 |
| September 30, 2024 |
| September 30, 2023 | ||||||
Fixed annuity | June 2032 | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | |
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Note 6: Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes two primary types of revenue: interest income and non-interest income.
Three months ended | Nine months ended | |||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||
| 2024 |
| 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
Non-interest income, in scope of ASC 606 | ||||||||||||
Broker-dealer fees and commissions | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Gains on loan sales | | — | | | ||||||||
Other investment income | | | | | ||||||||
Other non-interest income | | | | | ||||||||
Non-interest income, out of scope, ASC 606 | ||||||||||||
Lending fees | | | | | ||||||||
Charitable contributions, with donor restrictions | — | — | — | | ||||||||
Total non-interest income | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | |
Employee Retention Credit
On March 27, 2020, the U.S. government enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the "CARES Act") to provide certain relief as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act provides tax relief, along with other stimulus measures, including a provision for an Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”), which allows for employers to claim a refundable tax credit against the employer share of Social Security tax equal to 70% of the qualified wages paid to employees after December 31, 2020 through September 30, 2021 up to a maximum quarterly credit of $7,000 per employee. Employers are eligible for the credit if they experienced full or partial suspension or modification of operations during any calendar quarter because of governmental orders due to the pandemic, or a significant decline in gross receipts based on a comparison of quarterly revenue results for 2020 and/or 2021 with the comparable quarter in 2019. The statute of limitations on applying for the ERC is five years.
As there is no authoritative guidance under U.S. GAAP on accounting for government assistance to for-profit business entities, we account for the ERC by analogy to International Accounting Standard ("IAS") 20, Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance. In accordance with IAS 20, management determined it has reasonable assurance for receipt of the ERC and recorded the ERC
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benefit of $
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
In accordance with our accounting policies as governed by ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, the following table separates revenue from contracts with customers into categories that are based on the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows associated with each product and distribution channel. Non-interest revenue earned by the Company’s broker-dealer subsidiary, MP Securities, comprises securities commissions, sale of investment company shares, insurance product revenue, and advisory fee income. Securities commission revenue represents the sale of over-the-counter stock, unit investment trusts, and variable annuities. The Company recognizes the revenue earned from the sale of these products upon satisfaction of performance obligations, which occur on the trade date, and is considered transactional revenue. The Company also earns revenue from the management of invested assets, which management recognizes monthly, as earned, based on the average asset value. We refer to this revenue as assets under management revenue (“AUM”).
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For the three months ended | For the nine months ended | |||||||||||
(dollars in thousands) |
| September 30, 2024 |
| September 30, 2023 | September 30, 2024 | September 30, 2023 | ||||||
Broker-dealer revenue | ||||||||||||
Securities commissions | ||||||||||||
Transactional | $ | | $ | — | $ | | $ | | ||||
AUM | | | | | ||||||||
| | | | |||||||||
Sale of investment company products | ||||||||||||
Transactional | | | | | ||||||||
AUM | | | | | ||||||||
| | | | |||||||||
Other insurance product revenue | ||||||||||||
Transactional | | | | | ||||||||
AUM | | | | | ||||||||
| | | | |||||||||
Advisory fee income | ||||||||||||
Transactional | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
AUM | | | | | ||||||||
| | | | |||||||||
Total broker-dealer revenue | ||||||||||||
Transactional | | | | | ||||||||
AUM | | | | | ||||||||
$ | | $ | | $ | | $ | |
Note 7: Loan Sales
A summary of loan participation sales and servicing assets are as follows (dollars in thousands):
As of and for the | |||||||||
Nine months ended | Year ended | ||||||||
September 30, | December 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
| 2023 | ||||
Loan participation interests sold by the Company | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||
Total participation interests sold and serviced by the Company | | | | ||||||
Servicing income | | | | ||||||
Servicing Assets | |||||||||
Balance, beginning of period | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||
Additions: | |||||||||
Servicing obligations from sale of loan participations | | | | ||||||
Subtractions: | |||||||||
Amortization | ( | ( | ( | ||||||
Balance, end of period | $ | | $ | | $ | |
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ACCU Loan Participation Agreement (Secured Borrowings)
Effective August 9, 2021, the Company entered into a Master Loan Participation Purchase and Sale Agreement with ACCU. Under the Master LP Agreement, the Company makes sales on a recourse basis, requiring the Company to repurchase the participation interest in the event of default by the borrower. Due to the recourse provisions of the agreement, these participation sales are classified as secured borrowings and are presented as part of other secured borrowings on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company did
Note 8: Foreclosed Assets
The Company’s investment in foreclosed assets consisted of
Expenses applicable to foreclosed assets include the following (dollars in thousands):
For the three months ended | For the nine months ended | |||||||||||
Foreclosed Asset Expenses |
| 2024 |
| 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
Provision for losses | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
Operating expenses | — | — | | | ||||||||
Total foreclosed asset expenses | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | $ | |
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Note 9: Premises and Equipment
The table below summarizes our premises and equipment (dollars in thousands):
As of | ||||||
September 30, | December 31, | |||||
| 2024 |
| 2023 | |||
Furniture and office equipment | $ | | $ | | ||
Computer system | | | ||||
Leasehold improvements | | | ||||
Total premises and equipment | | | ||||
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization | ( | ( | ||||
Premises and equipment, net | $ | | $ | |
For the three months ended | For the nine months ended | |||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||
| 2024 |
| 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ |
Note 10: Credit Facilities and Other Debt
Details of the Company’s debt facilities as of September 30, 2024, are as follows (dollars in thousands):
Nature of | Interest Rate | Interest | Amount | Amount Available to Borrow | Maturity | Amount of | Other Assets | |||||||||||
KCT Warehouse LOC |
|
| Variable |
| $ | — |
| $ | |
| 6/6/2025 |
| $ | |
| $ | | |
KCT Operating LOC | Variable | — | | 6/6/2025 | | — | ||||||||||||
ACCU LOC | Variable | — | | 9/23/2025 | | — | ||||||||||||
ACCU Secured | Various | Fixed | | — | Various | — | | |||||||||||
*Represents cash or certificates of deposit |
All lines of credit require monthly interest-only payments until maturity. The ACCU secured borrowings are repaid through the monthly principal and interest payments on the underlying loans.
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KCT Lines of Credit
The KCT lines of credit auto renewed with no change in terms on June 6, 2024. Additional information can be found in our Annual Report.
ACCU Line of Credit
On September 20, 2024, the Company entered into an agreement to modify this facility. The Modification Agreement renewed the facility for an additional
The Modification Agreement made
ACCU Secured Borrowings
On August 9, 2021, the Company entered into a Master Loan Participation Purchase and Sale Agreement with ACCU. The participations sold under the Master LP Agreement are considered secured borrowings and are presented as such on the Company’s balance sheet. $
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Note 11: Debt Certificates Payable
Information on the Company’s debt certificates payable can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. The Company is subject to certain covenants on its Subordinated Notes and was in compliance with those covenants as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
The table below provides information on the Company’s debt certificates payable (dollars in thousands):
As of | As of | |||||||||||||
September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||
SEC Registered Public Offerings |
| Offering Type |
| Amount |
| Weighted Average Interest Rate | Amount |
| Weighted Average Interest Rate | |||||
Class 1A Offering | Unsecured | $ | | | % | $ | | | % | |||||
2021 Class A Offering | Unsecured | | | % | | | % | |||||||
2024 Class A Offering | Unsecured | | | % | — | — | % | |||||||
Public Offering Total | $ | | | % | $ | | | % | ||||||
Private Offerings |
| Offering Type |
| |||||||||||
Subordinated Notes | Unsecured | $ | | | % | $ | | | % | |||||
Private Offering Total | $ | | | % | $ | | | % | ||||||
Total Debt Certificates Payable | $ | | | % | $ | | | % |
Future maturities for the Company’s debt certificates during the twelve-month periods ending September 30, are as follows (dollars in thousands):
2025 |
| $ | |
2026 | | ||
2027 | | ||
2028 | | ||
2029 | | ||
Total | $ | | |
Debt issuance costs | | ||
Debt certificates payable, net of debt issuance costs | $ | |
Note 12: Commitments and Contingencies
Unfunded Commitments
The contractual amount of these commitments represents the Company’s exposure to credit loss. The Company uses the same credit policies in making commitments as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments.
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Contract Amount at: | ||||||
| June 30, 2024 |
| December 31, 2023 | |||
Undisbursed loans | $ | | $ | | ||
Standby letter of credit | | — |
The balance of the allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet commitments is recorded in other liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.
Nine months ended | Year ended | |||||
| September 30, 2024 |
| December 31, 2023 | |||
Balance, beginning of period | $ | | $ | | ||
Adjustment related to implementation of CECL model | | | ||||
Provision for losses on unfunded commitments | ( | | ||||
Balance, end of period | $ | | $ | |
Operating Leases
The table below presents information regarding our existing operating leases (dollars in thousands):
For the | |||||||||||||||||||
Three months ended | Nine months ended | Year ended | |||||||||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | December 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
| 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | ||||||||||||
Lease cost | |||||||||||||||||||
Operating lease cost | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||||||
Cash paid for operating leases | | | | | | ||||||||||||||
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities | — | — | | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Lease liabilities recorded | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weighted-average discount rate | | % | | % | | % | | % | | % |
Future minimum lease payments and lease costs for the twelve months ending September 30, are as follows (dollars in thousands):
| Lease Payments |
| Lease Costs | |||
2025 | $ | | $ | | ||
2026 | | | ||||
2027 | | | ||||
2028 | | | ||||
2029 | | | ||||
Total | $ | | $ | |
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Note 13: Preferred and Common Units under LLC Structure
Holders of the Series A Preferred Units are entitled to receive a quarterly cash dividend that is
The Series A Preferred Units have a liquidation preference of $
The Class A Common Units have voting rights, but have no liquidation preference or rights to dividends, unless declared.
Note 14: Retirement Plans
401(k)
Company matching contributions for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were $
Profit Sharing
The Company did
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Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP)
On March 30, 2022, the Company entered into a SERP with Joseph W. Turner, Jr. who at the time was its President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Turner’s accrued benefit is $
Note 15: Fair Value Measurements
Fair Value Measurements Using Fair Value Hierarchy
The Company classifies measurements of fair value within a hierarchy based upon inputs that give the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs.
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Additional information regarding the methods and assumptions used to estimate the fair value of the financial statements can be found in our Annual Report. The following tables show the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments (dollars in thousands):
Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2024 using | |||||||||||||||
| Carrying |
| Quoted Prices |
| Significant |
| Significant |
| Fair Value | ||||||
FINANCIAL ASSETS: | |||||||||||||||
Cash and restricted cash | $ | | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | |||||
Certificates of deposit | | — | | — | | ||||||||||
Loans, net | | — | — | | | ||||||||||
Investment in joint venture | | — | — | | | ||||||||||
Other investments | | — | — | | | ||||||||||
Accrued interest receivable | | — | — | | | ||||||||||
Servicing assets | | — | — | | | ||||||||||
FINANCIAL LIABILITIES: | |||||||||||||||
Lines of credit | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||||
Other secured borrowings | | — | — | | | ||||||||||
Debt certificates payable | | — | — | | | ||||||||||
Other financial liabilities | | — | — |
| | |
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2023 using | |||||||||||||||
| Carrying |
| Quoted Prices |
| Significant |
| Significant |
| Fair Value | ||||||
FINANCIAL ASSETS: | |||||||||||||||
Cash and restricted cash | $ | | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | |||||
Certificates of deposit | | — | | — | | ||||||||||
Loans, net | | — | — | | | ||||||||||
Investments in joint venture | | — | — | | | ||||||||||
Other investments | | — | — | | | ||||||||||
Accrued interest receivable | | — | — | | | ||||||||||
Servicing assets | | — | — | | | ||||||||||
FINANCIAL LIABILITIES: | |||||||||||||||
Lines of credit | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | $ | | |||||
Other secured borrowings | | — | — | | | ||||||||||
Debt certificates payable | | — | — | | | ||||||||||
Other financial liabilities | | — | — |
| | |
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Management uses judgment in estimating the fair value of the Company’s financial instruments; however, there are inherent weaknesses in any estimation technique. Therefore, for substantially all financial instruments, the fair value estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company could have realized in a sales transaction at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
Fair Value Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis
The Company measures certain assets at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. On these assets, the Company only makes fair value adjustments in certain circumstances (for example, when there is evidence of impairment).
The following table presents the fair value of assets measured on a nonrecurring basis (dollars in thousands):
Fair Value Measurements Using: | ||||||||||||
|
| Quoted Prices |
| Significant |
| Significant |
| Total | ||||
Assets at September 30, 2024: | ||||||||||||
Collateral-dependent impaired loans (net of allowance and discount) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | $ | | ||||
Discounted cash flow loans (net of allowance and discount) | — | — | | | ||||||||
Investment in joint venture | — | — | | | ||||||||
Other investments | — | — | | | ||||||||
Foreclosed assets (net of allowance) | — | — | | | ||||||||
Total | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | $ | | ||||
| ||||||||||||
Assets at December 31, 2023: | ||||||||||||
Collateral-dependent loans (net of allowance and discount) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | $ | | ||||
Investments in joint venture | — | — | | | ||||||||
Other investments | — | — | | | ||||||||
Foreclosed assets (net of allowance) | — | — | | | ||||||||
Total | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | $ | |
Impaired Loans
The fair value of collateral-dependent impaired loans with specific allocations of the allowance for expected credit losses is generally based on recent real estate appraisals. Such fair values are obtained using independent appraisals, which the Company may discount due to age or other factors, which the Company considers to be Level 3 inputs. The range of these discounts is shown in the table below.
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The Company also estimates the fair value of non-collateral-dependent impaired loans using the discounted cash flow method. This method uses estimates of the future cash flows of the loan and discounts those cash flows using the loan’s interest rate.
Foreclosed Assets
At the date of foreclosure, the Company initially records real estate acquired through foreclosure or other proceedings (foreclosed assets) at fair value less estimated costs of disposal, which establishes a new cost. After foreclosure, management periodically performs valuations on foreclosed assets. The company carries foreclosed assets held for sale at the lower of cost or fair value, less estimated costs of disposal. The fair values of real properties initially are determined based on appraisals. In some cases, management adjusts the appraised values for various factors including age of the appraisal, age of comparable properties included in the appraisal, and known changes in the market or in the collateral. The Company makes subsequent valuations of the real properties based either on management estimates or on updated appraisals. If management makes significant adjustments to appraised values based on unobservable inputs, the Company categorizes foreclosed assets under Level 3. Otherwise, if management bases the foreclosed assets’ value on recent appraisals and the only adjustments made are for known contractual selling costs, the Company will categorize the foreclosed assets under Level 2.
Other Investments
Other investments comprise
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The table below summarizes the valuation methodologies used to measure the fair value adjustments for Level 3 assets recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis (dollars in thousands):
September 30, 2024 | |||||||||
Assets |
| Fair Value |
| Valuation |
| Unobservable |
| Range | |
Collateral dependent loans | $ | | Discounted appraised value | Selling cost / Estimated market decrease | |||||
Other impaired loans | | Discounted future cash flows | Discount rate | ||||||
Investment in joint venture | | Internal evaluations | Estimated future market value | ||||||
Other investments | | Internal evaluations | Indications of non-performance by insurance companies | ||||||
Foreclosed Assets | | Internal evaluations | Selling cost |
December 31, 2023 | |||||||||
Assets |
| Fair Value |
| Valuation |
| Unobservable |
| Range | |
Impaired loans | $ | | Discounted appraised value | Selling cost / Estimated market decrease | |||||
Investments in joint venture | | Internal evaluations | Estimated future market value | ||||||
Other investments | | Internal evaluations | Indications of non-performance by insurance companies | ||||||
Foreclosed assets | | Internal evaluations | Selling cost |
Note 16: Income Taxes and State LLC Fees
One of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, Ministry Partners Realty, incurred a tax loss for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, and recorded a provision of $
Note 17: Segment Information
The Company has
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broker-dealer (MP Securities), and the charitable organization (Ministry Partners for Christ).
Management accounts for intersegment revenues and expenses at amounts that assume the Company entered into the transaction with unrelated third parties at the current market prices at the time of the transaction. Management evaluates the performance of each segment based on net income or loss before provision for income taxes and LLC fees.
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments is as follows (dollars in thousands):
Three months ended | Nine months ended | |||||||||||
| September 30, 2024 |
| September 30, 2023 | September 30, 2024 | September 30, 2023 | |||||||
Revenue from external sources | ||||||||||||
Finance Company | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Broker-Dealer | | | | | ||||||||
Charitable Organization | | | | | ||||||||
Adjustments / Eliminations | ( | — | ( | — | ||||||||
Total | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Revenue from internal sources | ||||||||||||
Finance Company | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
Broker-Dealer | | | | | ||||||||
Charitable Organization | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Adjustments / Eliminations | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||
Total | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
Interest expense | ||||||||||||
Finance Company | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Broker-Dealer | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Charitable Organization | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Adjustments / Eliminations | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||
Total | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Total non-interest expense and provision for tax | ||||||||||||
Finance Company | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Broker-Dealer | | | | | ||||||||
Charitable Organization | | | | | ||||||||
Adjustments / Eliminations | ( | — | ( | — | ||||||||
Total | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Net profit (loss) | ||||||||||||
Finance Company | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||
Broker-Dealer | | | | | ||||||||
Charitable Organization | | | | | ||||||||
Adjustments / Eliminations | ( | | | ( | ||||||||
Total | $ | | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | |
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September 30, | December 31, | |||||
| 2024 |
| 2023 | |||
(Unaudited) | (Audited) | |||||
Total assets | ||||||
Finance Company | $ | | $ | | ||
Broker-Dealer | | | ||||
Charitable Organization | | | ||||
Other Segments | | | ||||
Adjustments / Eliminations | | ( | ||||
Total | $ | | $ | |
Note 18: Not-for-profit Subsidiary Activities
The following represent required disclosures related to the activities of Ministry Partners for Christ, the Company’s wholly owned, not-for-profit organization.
At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had $
At September 30, 2024, MPC had $
A breakdown of expenses for MPC for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, is as follows:
Three months ended | Nine months ended | |||||||||||
| September 30, 2024 |
| September 30, 2023 | September 30, 2024 | September 30, 2023 | |||||||
Expenses | ||||||||||||
Charitable grants | $ | | $ | — | $ | | $ | — | ||||
General and administrative expenses | — | | | | ||||||||
Total | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | |
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Item 2: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion compares the results of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. It should be read in conjunction with our December 31, 2023, Annual Report on Form 10-K and the accompanying unaudited financial statements and Notes set forth in this report.
SAFE HARBOR CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
This Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements regarding Ministry Partners Investment Company, LLC and our wholly owned subsidiaries, MPF, MP Realty, MPC, and MP Securities, including, without limitation, statements regarding our expectations with respect to revenue, credit losses, levels of non-performing assets, expenses, earnings, and other measures of financial performance. Statements that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “should”, “seek”, “will”, and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying them. These forward-looking statements reflect the current views of our management.
These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties that are subject to change based upon numerous factors (many of which are beyond our control). Such risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause our financial performance to differ materially from the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the risks set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
As used in this quarterly report, the terms “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company” means Ministry Partners Investment Company, LLC and our wholly owned subsidiaries, MPF, MP Realty, MP Securities, and MPC.
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OVERVIEW
Since interest rates influence the Company’s net interest margin, we monitor the national and global economies to evaluate their impact on our operations. We adjust the rates we charge on new loans we originate as well as the rate we pay on the debt securities we offer in response to market interest rate changes. We therefore keep a close eye on the FRB’s monetary policy to manage inflation. Inflation became a concern for the FRB beginning in 2021 as it outpaced the FRB’s target rate of 2%. In response, the FRB increased rates 525 basis points, raising them from 0.25% on January 1, 2022 to 5.50% as of their last rate hike in July 2023. This quarter, however, the FRB reduced the target rate by 50 basis points to 5.00%. Looking ahead, the FRB's median projection for the fed funds rate at the end of 2024 decreased to 4.4% from 5.1% as of their June projection. This may indicate that there could be a further decrease in the Fed Funds rate by year end. Management continues to carefully monitor the FRB’s inflation fighting strategy as we seek to improve the net interest margin on our interest earning investments. An inverted yield curve with higher short-term rates than long-term rates can also adversely affect our net interest margin and profitability.
The Company carefully monitors liquidity trends affecting U.S. financial institutions. Management has seen liquidity tighten at financial institutions in the last several years as funds injected into the financial system during the height of the COVID pandemic get depleted. For all FDIC insured institutions the liquidity ratio has decreased 12.31% from 37.55% as of September 30, 2021, to 25.24% as of June 30, 2024. 37.55% was the highest the liquidity ratio has been since 1984 while the average over that time was 24%. These statistics underscore the significant shift in liquidity dynamics within the banking sector, prompting the Company to remain vigilant in its monitoring efforts.
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Trends and Strategic Objectives
For the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024, and for the year ended December 31, 2023, Company management has identified the following key trends and strategic objectives:
Current Strategy.
In 2020, the holder of the Company’s term-debt presented the Company’s Management with the opportunity to pay off the debt at a discount. Management evaluated the proposal and created a two-phase strategy to take advantage of the significant gains we would receive on the discounted pay off. Our phase one strategy focused on raising funds to pay off the debt by selling loan participations, allowing lower credit quality loans to pay off, and through the sale of our debt securities. We were able to do this between the years 2020 and 2022 and, during that period, we generated $7.2 million in revenue from gains on debt extinguishment. However, we knew the result of this strategy would be a smaller balance sheet due to reduced loan balances and cash. Consequently, future earnings would decrease once we repaid the debt. Therefore, our phase two strategy focused on regrowing the balance sheet and increasing the profitability of core operations by increasing non-interest income as well as reducing operating expenses. During the transition from phase one to phase two of the strategy, management planned for lower revenue and potential losses. We evaluated the benefits of the term-debt extinguishment and determined that the benefits outweighed having lower income between the end of phase one and the completion of phase two. The benefits of this strategy are:
1. | $7.2 million in additional revenue. If we were earning a 2% spread on the approximate $70 million we invested in loans that were funded by the term-debt, it would take over five years to earn $7.2 million. We were able to earn the $7.2 million risk-free (no credit risk on the investment) in less than three years. |
2. | Significantly improved capital ratios. The revenue from the debt extinguishment created higher capital ratios for the Company. Our capital ratio doubled, increasing from 7.0% in 2019 to 14.7% in 2022. Capital provides protection for investors against losses as losses deplete capital first. |
3. | Improved loan credit quality. One way we funded the term-debt payoff was by allowing lower credit quality loans to pay off. These loans were able to secure financing from other sources which, in turn, strengthened our remaining loan portfolio. |
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4. | Deleveraged balance sheet. The term-debt was secured by a portion of our loan portfolio. Now that it has been paid off, our investors are no longer subordinated to the claims of the term-debt holder. |
We are currently transitioning to phase two and are working on improving the core profitability of the business. We are accomplishing this by making profitable loans, increasing our non-interest income, and reducing our operating expenses. We generate non-interest income through MP Securities who performs broker dealer and investment advisory services for our clients. We also generate non-interest income through originating loans and selling participation interests in those loans. Selling loan participations generates additional servicing fee income for the Company as well as gains on loan sales. This activity can also increase interest income on our loans as we recognize origination income on loans that we sell to participants. If the loan is not sold, the origination income is amortized over the life of the loan using the interest method.
During the remainder of 2024, the Company intends to continue to focus on the following objectives:
(i) | Investing in and growing our commercial loan investments through loan originations and cooperative efforts with our strategic partners to increase the commercial loans we make to non-profit organizations and faith-based borrowers; |
(ii) | Sell participation interests in the loans the Company originates to increase non-interest revenue: |
(ii) | Continuing our efforts to reduce non-interest expenses by reducing overhead expense; |
(iii) | Increasing the sale of our debt certificates to finance the growth in the Company’s balance sheet; |
(iv) | Effectively managing pressure on the Company’s net interest margin due to an inverted yield curve in financial markets that results in higher short-term costs on our debt certificates while the Company makes longer term investments with the commercial loans it originates; and |
(v) | Continuously expanding the revenues earned by the investment advisory, broker-dealer, and insurance operations at Ministry Partners Securities, LLC. |
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Current Trends.
For the nine-month period ending September 30, 2024, the Company has identified the following key trends:
● | Improve Interest Income on Loan Investments. As detailed above, after paying off the debt facility, the next phase of our strategy was to regrow our loan portfolio, which we began in 2023. As shown in the chart below, we have successfully begun the implementation of this plan as we had six straight quarters of quarter over quarter growth. Q3 saw a decrease of $39 thousand in loan interest income; however, this was mostly due to a recapture of principal variance of $34 thousand that occurred in the second quarter that did not occur in the third quarter of 2024. The loan interest income earned for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, was $389 thousand higher than the quarter ended March 31, 2023, when we first implemented the growth phase of our strategy. |
● | Building the Company’s Capital. A key initiative of our debt reduction strategy was improving the Company’s capital ratio. When the Company commenced its debt reduction strategy in August 2020, its total net equity was $11.1 million. After the debt reduction, the Company’s capitalization and total members equity reached its pinnacle on December 31, 2022. As of September 30, 2024, the Company’s total equity is $12.3 million. During this time (2020 – through the report date) the Company was not only able to grow its capital base but was also able to distribute over $2 million to our equity owners through dividend payments. Company management’s purposeful strategy to eliminate the Company’s long-term debt has strengthened our capitalization and our net equity, has provided our investors with a stronger financial position that supports our debt certificates program, and has benefited our owners (who have capitalized the Company) through significant dividend payments. |
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● | Improving Core Business Profitability. As noted above, we have begun to rebuild our loan portfolio. As a result, we have grown our quarter over quarter loan interest income for six of the last seven quarters. This growth is mostly due to the increase in loans receivable and, to a lesser extent, an increase in the interest rates of existing adjustable rate loans. |
In addition, we have focused on improving our income through originating and selling loan participations as well as continuing to produce income from the operations of our broker-dealer and investment advisor subsidiary, MP Securities. Originating and selling loan participations allows the Company to generate loan origination income and gains on loan sales while deploying less cash than if we retained the whole loan on our books. We are also improving our core business profitability by focusing on expense reductions that will allow us to operate as a leaner and more efficient organization, while at the same time maintaining or improving our service level to our customers. We are observing positive outcomes from our efforts to enhance core profitability with the growth in loan interest described above.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we reported a net loss of $384 thousand. By comparison, during the same period in 2023, we recorded a net income of $406 thousand. Despite the net loss in 2024, our core profitability improved by $695 thousand over the same period. This improvement is because our first nine month results for 2023 included $1.7 million in non-recurring charitable gifts, which are not part of our ongoing core income (refer to the chart below). As described in the Notes to Financial Statements, Note 6, Revenue Recognition, in Q3 2024, we recorded non-recurring income of $215 thousand from ERC income. We do not anticipate receiving charitable gift income in 2024 or any additional ERC income going forward. We believe that our core operations (excluding large one-time income events) will begin to operate profitably within the next few quarters, which will complete phase two of the strategy.
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Financial Condition
Comparison of Financial Condition on September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023
Comparison | |||||||||||
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
| $ Difference |
| % Difference | ||||
(Unaudited) | (Audited) | ||||||||||
(dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||
Assets: | |||||||||||
Cash | $ | 8,083 | $ | 10,854 | $ | (2,771) | (26%) | ||||
Restricted cash | 1,758 | 1,757 | 1 | 0% | |||||||
Certificates of deposit | 1,287 | 1,279 | 8 | 1% | |||||||
Loans receivable, net of allowance for expected credit losses of $1,075 and $1,501 as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively | 94,380 | 98,573 | (4,193) | (4%) | |||||||
Accrued interest receivable | 492 | 432 | 60 | 14% | |||||||
Investment in joint venture | 864 | 871 | (7) | (1%) | |||||||
Other investments | 1,081 | 1,052 | 29 | 3% | |||||||
Property and equipment, net | 84 | 56 | 28 | 50% | |||||||
Foreclosed assets, net | 301 | 301 | — | —% | |||||||
Servicing assets | 125 | 98 | 27 | 28% | |||||||
Other assets | 977 | 1,374 | (397) | (29%) | |||||||
Total assets | $ | 109,432 | $ | 116,647 | $ | (7,215) | (6%) | ||||
Liabilities and members’ equity | |||||||||||
Liabilities: | |||||||||||
Lines of credit | $ | — | $ | 4,500 | $ | (4,500) | 100% | ||||
Other secured borrowings | 6 | 7 | (1) | 100% | |||||||
Debt certificates payable, net of debt issuance costs of $97 and $52 as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively | 94,994 | 96,979 | (1,985) | (2%) | |||||||
Accrued interest payable | 333 | 383 | (50) | (13%) | |||||||
Other liabilities | 1,814 | 1,683 | 131 | 8% | |||||||
Total liabilities | 97,147 | 103,552 | (6,405) | (6%) | |||||||
Members' Equity: | |||||||||||
Series A preferred units | 11,715 | 11,715 | — | —% | |||||||
Class A common units | 1,509 | 1,509 | — | —% | |||||||
Net assets of Ministry Partners for Christ, with donor restrictions | 1,700 | 1,700 | — | —% | |||||||
Accumulated equity | (2,639) | (1,829) | (810) | 44% | |||||||
Total members' equity | 12,285 | 13,095 | (810) | (6%) | |||||||
Total liabilities and members' equity | $ | 109,432 | $ | 116,647 | $ | (7,215) | (6%) |
Cash, Loans, and Borrowings
As discussed previously, our strategy involves growing our balance sheet and our loan portfolio to increase our net interest income. We plan to rely on the sale of our debt certificates to fund the growth of our on-book loan portfolio, and from time to time may supplement that growth by utilizing our lines of credit. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, assets decreased (6%) due to total liabilities decreasing by $6.4 million. This was due to a reduction in our debt certificates payable of $2 million and a decrease in our lines of credit outstanding of $4.5 million. The Company
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funded most of the line of credit paydown by withdrawing $3 million in capital from its wholly owned subsidiary, MP Securities. Paying down the line of credit will improve our net interest income due to the high cost of the line of credit.
Our loans receivable portfolio decreased by $4.2 million. During the first nine months of 2024, we had loan fundings of $7.7 million and sold $6.6 million in participation interests while we received another $5.7 million in loan principal payments. Our net loans receivable portfolio increased $1 million compared to the period ended September 30, 2023. As described earlier, selling participation interests in our loans allows us to manage our cash flow and recognize origination fees on the participation interests at the time of sale.
Allowance for Expected Credit Losses
The allowance decreased by $426 thousand. The individually reviewed portion of the allowance decreased by $236 thousand, which was due to the payoff of a loan with a specific allowance. $220 thousand was charged off on this loan. The collectively reviewed allowance decreased by $190 thousand. The decrease in the collectively reviewed allowance was due to a decrease in the charges related to a qualitive risk factor. The qualitative risk factor decreased as the Company reduced its concentration in loans that carried relatively high loan-to-value ratios.
Debt Certificates Payable
Our debt certificates payable comprise debt securities sold under publicly registered security offerings as well as promissory notes sold in private placement offerings.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, net debt certificates payable decreased by $2 million. For the quarter ended September 30, 2024, we increase our debt certificates payable by $2.9 million. Compared to the period ended September 30, 2023, debt certificates payable decreased by $92 thousand mostly due to higher debt issuance costs. The year-to-date decrease is attributable to the maturity of a few larger investments in the first two quarters that were not reinvested in a new certificate as the investors needed their cash for other projects. Management continues to engage in marketing and relationship-building efforts to further grow our unsecured debt to fund ministry loans. Over the last several years, we have expanded our debt certificates program by building relationships with other faith-based organizations whereby we can offer our various debt certificate products to these organizations and the ministries they serve. Concurrently, MP Securities has continued to increase its retail customer base through client referrals and its networking agreements with key strategic partners.
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Members’ Equity
Our total members’ equity decreased by 6% to $12.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, which resulted in a capital to asset ratio of 11.2%. The decrease in members’ equity was attributable to a net loss of $384 thousand and dividends to members of $427 thousand.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity Management
Our management team regularly prepares cash flow forecasts that we rely upon to ensure that we have sufficient liquidity to conduct our business. While we believe that these expected cash inflows and outflows are reasonable, we can give no assurances that our forecasts or assumptions will prove to be correct. Management believes that we hold adequate sources of liquidity to meet our liquidity needs and have the means to generate more liquidity if necessary. As September 30, 2024, our liquidity ratio was 11%.
We use multiple tools to manage our liquidity. We have $15 million in lines of credit of which all $15 million is available for cash management as of September 30, 2024. We also sell participation interests in our loan portfolio. During the first nine months of 2024 we sold $6.6 million in loan participation interests. We also fund our liquidity by selling corporate debt certificates. During the first nine months of 2024, we sold $35.4 million in our fixed series and another $976 thousand in our variable series corporate debt. Additional information about our debt securities and credit facilities is presented below.
Public and Privately offered Debt Securities
The table below presents a schedule of our fixed series debt certificates maturing during the next year as compared with the fixed series debt certificates maturing after one year. Also included separately are the variable debt certificates which are redeemable upon demand (dollars in thousands):
Variable Series Debt Certificates (redeemable debt certificates) |
| $ | 6,816 |
Fixed Series Debt Certificates maturing in the next 12 months | 37,896 | ||
Fixed Series Debt Certificates maturing after 12 months | 50,379 | ||
Total | $ | 95,091 | |
Debt issuance costs | 97 | ||
Debt Certificates, net of debt issuance costs | $ | 94,994 |
Historically, we have been successful in generating reinvestments by our debt certificate holders when the notes they hold mature. Our note renewal rate remains stable, and our advisory team continues to expand their clientele.
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The table below shows the renewal rates of our maturing notes over the last three years ended December 31:
2023 |
| 82% |
2022 |
| 63% |
2021 |
| 55% |
The renewal rates for the periods ended September 30, 2024, as compared to September 30, 2023, are as follows:
● | Three-month period ended September 30, 2024: 91% |
● | Three-month period ended September 30, 2023: 82% |
● | Nine-month period ended September 30, 2024: 74% |
● | Nine-month period ended September 30, 2023: 74% |
The renewal rate for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, includes two larger debt certificates that were not reinvested in a new debt certificate when they matured. Management expected these withdrawals and, as a general practice, are in contact with certificate holders well before the maturity date to anticipate cash flow needs.
Credit Facilities and Other Borrowings
The table below is a summary of the Company’s outstanding debt payable as of September 30, 2024 (dollars in thousands):
Nature of | Interest Rate | Interest | Amount | Amount Available to Borrow | Maturity | Amount of | Other Assets | |||||||||||
KCT Warehouse LOC |
| 9.00% |
| Variable |
| $ | — |
| $ | 5,000 |
| 6/6/2025 |
| $ | 6,950 |
| $ | 1,250 |
KCT Operating LOC | 9.00% | Variable | — | 5,000 | 6/6/2025 | 4,531 | — | |||||||||||
ACCU LOC | 9.25% | Variable | — | 5,000 | 9/23/2025 | 7,031 | — | |||||||||||
ACCU Secured | Various | Fixed | 6 | — | Various | — | 6 | |||||||||||
*Represents cash or certificates of deposit |
In September 2024 we renewed the ACCU LOC for 12 months with minor modifications in terms. The modified terms include an increased spread from 0.75% over prime to 1.00% over prime, and the inclusion of a requirement to place an average minimum of $1 million on deposit at the credit union.
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We can draw up to $10 million on the revolving lines of credit. In addition, we can draw up to $5 million on the KCT Warehouse LOC to facilitate warehousing new loan originations. Each draw on the KCT Warehouse LOC needs to be paid down after 120 days. The ACCU secured borrowings comprise loan participation sales that are classified as secured borrowings and will pay down as the loans amortize.
Debt Covenants
Under our credit facility agreements and our debt certificates documents, we are obligated to comply with certain affirmative and negative covenants. Failure to comply with our covenants could require all interest and principal to become due. As of September 30, 2024, we are in compliance with our covenants on our debt certificates payable, KCT Warehouse LOC, KCT Operating LOC, and ACCU LOC.
● | For additional information regarding our debt certificates payable, refer to “Note 11. Debt Certificates Payable” to Part I “Financial Information” of this Report. |
● | For additional information on our credit facilities, refer to “Note 10. Credit Facilities” to Part I “Financial Information” of this Report. |
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Results of Operations: September 30, 2024
The analysis below compares the Company’s results of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.
Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin
Historically, our earnings have primarily depended upon our net interest income.
● | Net interest income is the difference between the interest income we receive from our loans and cash on deposit (“interest-earning assets”) and the interest paid on our debt certificates and borrowings. |
● | Net interest margin is net interest income expressed as a percentage of average total interest-earning assets. |
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The following tables provide information,for average outstanding balances for each major category of interest earnings assets and interest-bearing liabilities, the interest income or interest expense, and the average yield or rate for the periods indicated:
Average Balances and Rates/Yields | |||||||||||||||||
For the Three Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||
(Dollars in Thousands) | |||||||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| Average |
| Interest |
| Average |
| Average |
| Interest |
| Average |
| |||||
Assets: | |||||||||||||||||
Interest-earning accounts with other financial institutions | $ | 13,026 | $ | 152 | 4.63 | % | $ | 18,493 | $ | 198 | 4.26 | % | |||||
Interest-earning loans [1] | 94,409 | 1,686 | 7.09 | % | 92,785 | 1,485 | 6.37 | % | |||||||||
Total interest-earning assets | 107,435 | 1,838 | 6.79 | % | 111,278 | 1,683 | 6.02 | % | |||||||||
Non-interest-earning assets | 5,623 | — | — | % | 4,592 | — | — | % | |||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 113,058 | $ | 1,838 | 6.45 | % | $ | 115,870 | $ | 1,683 | 5.78 | % | |||||
Liabilities: | |||||||||||||||||
Debt certificates payable gross of debt issuance costs | 94,145 | 1,149 | 4.84 | % | 94,566 | 1,095 | 4.61 | % | |||||||||
Other debt | 4,611 | 101 | 8.69 | % | 4,735 | 99 | 8.32 | % | |||||||||
Total interest-bearing liabilities | 98,756 | 1,250 | 5.02 | % | 99,301 | 1,194 | 4.78 | % | |||||||||
Debt issuance cost | 18 | 26 | |||||||||||||||
Total interest-bearing liabilities net of debt issuance cost | $ | 98,756 | $ | 1,268 | 5.09 | % | $ | 99,301 | $ | 1,220 | 4.89 | % | |||||
Net interest income | $ | 570 | $ | 463 | |||||||||||||
Net interest margin | 2.10 | % | 1.66 | % |
[1] | Loans are net of deferred fees and before the allowance for expected credit losses. Non-accrual loans are considered non-interest earning assets for this analysis. |
Rate/Volume Analysis of Net Interest Income | |||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 vs. 2023 | |||||||||
Increase (Decrease) Due to Change in | |||||||||
| Volume |
| Rate |
| Total | ||||
(Dollars in Thousands) | |||||||||
Increase in Interest Income: | |||||||||
Interest-earning accounts with other financial institutions | $ | (62) | $ | 16 | $ | (46) | |||
Interest-earning loans | 34 | 167 | 201 | ||||||
Total interest-earning assets | (28) | 183 | 155 | ||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Interest Expense: | |||||||||
Debt certificates payable gross of debt issuance costs | (1) | 55 | 54 | ||||||
Other debt | (2) | 4 | 2 | ||||||
Debt issuance cost | — | (8) | (8) | ||||||
Total interest-bearing liabilities | (3) | 51 | 48 | ||||||
Change in net interest income | $ | (25) | $ | 132 | $ | 107 |
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Average Balances and Rates/Yields | |||||||||||||||||
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||
(Dollars in Thousands) | |||||||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
Average | Interest | Average | Average | Interest | Average | ||||||||||||
Assets: | |||||||||||||||||
Interest-earning accounts with other financial institutions | $ | 13,491 | $ | 462 | 4.56 | % | $ | 15,520 | $ | 459 | 3.96 | % | |||||
Interest-earning loans [1] | 95,809 | 5,071 | 7.05 | % | 87,853 | 4,155 | 6.34 | % | |||||||||
Total interest-earning assets | 109,300 | 5,533 | 6.74 | % | 103,373 | 4,614 | 5.98 | % | |||||||||
Non-interest-earning assets | 5,426 | — | — | % | 4,311 | — | — | % | |||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 114,726 | $ | 5,533 | 6.42 | % | $ | 107,684 | $ | 4,614 | 5.74 | % | |||||
Liabilities: | |||||||||||||||||
Debt certificates payable gross of debt issuance costs | 94,378 | 3,414 | 4.82 | % | 88,665 | 2,959 | 4.47 | % | |||||||||
Other debt | 5,834 | 393 | 8.97 | % | 2,611 | 158 | 8.11 | % | |||||||||
Total interest-bearing liabilities | 100,212 | 3,807 | 5.06 | % | 91,276 | 3,117 | 4.58 | % | |||||||||
Debt issuance cost | 53 | 102 | |||||||||||||||
Total interest-bearing liabilities net of debt issuance cost | $ | 100,212 | 3,860 | 5.13 | % | $ | 91,276 | 3,219 | 4.73 | % | |||||||
Net interest income | $ | 1,673 | $ | 1,395 | |||||||||||||
Net interest margin | 2.04 | % | 1.81 | % |
Rate/Volume Analysis of Net Interest Income | |||||||||
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 vs. 2023 | |||||||||
Increase (Decrease) Due to Change in | |||||||||
Volume | Rate | Total | |||||||
(Dollars in Thousands) | |||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Interest Income: | |||||||||
Interest-earning accounts with other financial institutions | $ | (62) | $ | 65 | $ | 3 | |||
Interest-earning loans | 426 | 490 | 916 | ||||||
Total interest-earning assets | 364 | 555 | 919 | ||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Interest Expense: | |||||||||
Debt certificates payable gross of debt issuance costs | 215 | 240 | 455 | ||||||
Other debt | 217 | 18 | 235 | ||||||
Debt issuance cost | — | (49) | (49) | ||||||
Total interest-bearing liabilities | 432 | 209 | 641 | ||||||
Change in net interest income | $ | (68) | $ | 346 | $ | 278 |
Total interest income for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023, increased due to a volume and rate variance on interest-earning loans as shown in the table above. This was offset slightly by a volume variance on interest-earning accounts
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with other financial institutions. The interest-earning loan volume variance is due to the growth of the loan portfolio as management executes its growth strategy. The weighted average rate of our loan portfolio increased in 2024 to 6.86% as of September 30, 2024, from 6.43% as of September 30, 2023, due to higher rates offering rates on our new loans. Offering rates are higher due to the Fed Funds Rate increases described earlier.
For the three months ended September 30, 2024, total interest expense increased mostly due to a rate variance on debt certificates. This was due to higher offering rates on the Company’s debt certificates also related to the Fed Funds Rate increases described earlier.
The variances for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to September 30, 2023, arise from the same factors as the variances for the three months. However, in addition, debt certificates payable and other debt had volume variances. The volume variance on debt certificates was due to a higher starting balance in 2024 over the starting balance in 2023, which created a higher average balance for the first nine months of 2024 compared to the first nine months of 2023. In addition, the volume variance on other debt was due to the Company holding higher levels of other debt earlier in the year in order to help fund loan growth.
Net interest income increased by $107 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023, due to the factors described above. For the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023, net interest margin increased by 45 basis points. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, net interest margin increased by 23 basis points and net interest income increased by $278 thousand due to the factors described above. These improvements in net interest margin position the Company to begin operating profitably with its core operations in the coming quarters.
Provision (credit) for expected credit losses and non-interest income and expense
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September 30, | Comparison | September 30, | Comparison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 |
| 2023 |
| $ Diff |
| % Diff | 2024 | 2023 | $ Diff | % Diff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net interest income | $ | 570 | $ | 463 | $ | 107 | 23% | $ | 1,673 | $ | 1,395 | $ | 278 | 20% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Provision (credit) for expected credit losses | 46 | 50 | (4) | (8%) | (207) | (101) | (106) | 105% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net interest income after provision (credit) for expected credit losses | 524 | 413 | 111 | 27% | 1,880 | 1,496 | 384 | 26% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total non-interest income | 530 | 195 | 335 | 172% | 1,010 | 2,397 | (1,387) | (58%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total non-interest expenses | 1,037 | 1,024 | 13 | 1% | 3,259 | 3,472 | (213) | (6%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss before provision for income taxes | 17 | (416) | 433 | (104%) | (369) | 421 | (790) | (188%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes and state LLC fees | 5 | 5 | — | —% | 15 | 15 | — | —% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 12 | $ | (421) | $ | 433 | (103%) | $ | (384) | $ | 406 | $ | (790) | (195%) |
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Net interest income after provision for expected credit losses increased by $111 thousand for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, over the quarter ended September 30, 2023. This increase was due to the increase in net interest income described earlier.
The increase in total non-interest income for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2023, as shown in the table above, was primarily due to $215 thousand in ERC revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. In addition, we grew our broker-dealer commission revenue by $96 thousand this quarter compared to the quarter ended 12 months ago. The decrease in non-interest income for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was due to $1.7 million in charitable gifts made to our non-profit foundation, MPC. These gifts are a non-recurring contribution made to MPC, and we do not expect to receive charitable contributions in 2024.
The decrease in total non-interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023, as shown in the table above, was mostly due to lower salaries and benefits expense of $292 thousand. Salaries and benefits were lower in 2024 due to fewer staff as the Company did not replace job vacancies and outsourced its loan servicing beginning in the second quarter of 2023. We also reduced office occupancy expenses by 34%, or $48 thousand, as we downsized our corporate headquarters in the beginning of 2024. These expense reductions were partially offset by an increase of $103 thousand in consulting expenses paid to our former CEO, Joseph Turner, for services provided to the Board of Managers.
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Item 3: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Act of 1934 and are not required to provide the information under this item.
Item 4: Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, including our Chief Financial Officer, supervised and participated in an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2024. After evaluating the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a - 15(e) and 15d - 15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, our Chief Financial Officer has concluded that as of the evaluation date, our disclosure controls and procedures were adequate and effective to ensure that material information relating to the Company would be made known to them by others within the Company, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report was being prepared.
Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information we are required to disclose in the reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the President and Principal Accounting Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Controls
The Company made no changes in internal controls during the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1: Legal Proceedings
Given the nature of our operations, we may from time to time have an interest in, or be involved in, litigation arising out of our business activities. We consider litigation related to our operations to be routine to the conduct of our business. As of September 30, 2024, we are not involved in any litigation matters that could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Act of 1934 and are not required to provide the information under this item.
Item 2: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds:
None
Item 3: Defaults upon Senior Securities:
None
Item 4: Mine Safety Disclosure:
None
Item 5: Other Information:
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Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibit |
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a 14(a) or Rule 15(d) 14(a) (**) |
Certification of Principal Accounting Officer pursuant to Rule 13a 14(a) or Rule 15(d) 14(a) (**) |
Certification of President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350 as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (**) |
Certification of Principal Accounting Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350 as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (**) |
101* | The following information from Ministry Partners Investment Company, LLC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): |
(i)Consolidated Statements of Income for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023;
(ii)Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023;
(iii)Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023; and
(iv)Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
*Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, these interactive data files are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.
**Filed herewith
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: November 8, 2024
| MINISTRY PARTNERS INVESTMENT COMPANY, LLC | ||
(Registrant) | By: | /s/ Darren M. Thompson | |
Darren M. Thompson, | |||
Chief Executive Officer |
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