3 Strand Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
384360285
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Buckeye, AZ, USA
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$44,377
Expenses
$24,776
Assets
$19,601

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER FLIPPO (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER FLIPPO (CEO)
  • JENNIFER FLIPPO (Director)
  • CLAYTON WILLS (OTHER OFFICER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization operates a Christian youth camp that provides children with instruction in the sport of team roping and basic horsemanship in a safe, family-oriented environment. Through structured camps, mentorship, and recreational activities, participants develop roping skills, responsibility, teamwork, leadership, and sportsmanship while receiving faith-based instruction grounded in Christian values. The organization's programs are designed to promote positive character development, encourage healthy outdoor recreation, and provide opportunities for spiritual growth within a supportive community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 55.8%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 44.2%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 53.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 96.8% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 177.7% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 55.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.