3 Strands International Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 275271916
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Marietta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 7705695211
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $150,569
- Expenses
- $140,419
- Assets
- $14,980
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Onesmus Weru (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- John Sullivan (Director)
- Onesmus Weru (Executive Director)
- Christy Sylvester (Chairman)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
3 Strands International is primarily a discipleship center facilitating mission trips for churches in the U.S. to East Africa with a mission to equip, empower and deploy servant-leaders within and outside the wall of the church to restore the least, the lost, and the lonely with the gospel of Jesus Christ and the resources of the global church. Our flagship ministry focuses on three areas. First, we hold church development conferences. Second under the banner, Sew4Life, we seek to empower slum women, youth, and children through sewing and character development skills. Third, we have partnered with other churches to provide enrichment classes to pastors in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya.
What it reported doing in 2024
2024 Program Accomplishments for 3 Strands International Inc. 3 Strands partnered with the following organizations:- CityRise Church, Houston, Texas,- Johnson Ferry, Atlanta, GA, - Christ Community Church, Montreat, NC, and- Individual donors.IMPACT REPORT:- Trained 800 church leaders, who are now influencing over 1 million people across Kenya with the Gospel as they teach what they have learned in 3 Strands seminars.- Mentored more than 200 families, walking with them in faith and discipleship.- Over 750 persons received medical care through our outreach efforts.- Through our Sew4Life program, 200 people living in Nairobi's slums were empowered with vocational skills, helping them build better lives for their families.- Drilled a water well in Kibera slum. Project when finished, will provide clean water to over 200 families living in one of the largest slums in the world.- In Kenya alone, 3 Strands is working with 300 denominations that are ministering to over 6 million people across the country.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.9%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 96.4%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.7%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.9% of revenue deployed · 96.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $135K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.