Able Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911144812
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Spokane Valley, WA, USA
Phone
5099271040
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$103,203
Expenses
$105,152
Assets
$47,920
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NATHAN TOWELL (Vice President)
  • JARVIS SCHLAFMANN (President)

People named in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER DUFFY (Director)
  • NATHAN TOWELL (Vice President)
  • MICHAEL R DANIELSON (Director)

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

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

Overview

Mission

Religious and humanitarian work in the markets, prisons, hospitals, and villages of benin, ghana, burkina fasio and nigeria.

What it reported doing in 2025

The presence of able ministries continues in nine locations in four countries including ghana, nigeria, burkina faso and benin. Currently there are 23 missionaries. Good news centers serve as a base for individuals who carry the gospel of jesus christ to the markets, to the prisons, and to the hospitals and schools. These areas are primarily muslim. First time commitments to serving jesus in 2025 were more than 113,000 bringing the 25 year total to over 6 million. In the markets, more than 9,000 people are prayed with every month. Good news centers are strategically located to be in the midst of where the people live and work. In the hospitals each month, over 1,000 people receive prayer with over 450 who rededicate their lives and another 350 counseled. Many people rededicated their lives to serving jesus as lord and received biblical counseling during the year. Needs are being met through the supplying of bibles and study material, of medical supplies, and of items for practical needs including food & water. All glory, honor, and praise is given to god for all that has been accomplished. Praise the lord for what he is doing! We did easter and christmas ourtreach programs to some needy village communities and orpanages where we shared the gospel and distributed badly needed clothing and food.we checked the blood preasure of many people we met whom we shared the gospel. Our records show that 80% had high blood preasure.we recommended they seek medical assistance. Our hospital team reports of some of the patients receiving healing miraculously and a number of them also passed on to glory moments the prayed to receive jesus as their lord and savior.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.9%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 97%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.9%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.9% of revenue deployed · 97% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $102K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.