Acts29

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
333270818
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Jenison, MI, USA
Phone
6166488793
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$594,340
Expenses
$101,039
Assets
$493,301
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN MASIH (PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)
  • VIOLET JOHN (VICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • JOHN MASIH (PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)
  • VIOLET JOHN (VICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)
  • OMAIR JOHN (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

Acts29 is a charitable organization dedicated to serving vulnerable families and individuals in slums and other underserved communities. The organization serves vulnerable children, women, widows, persecuted believers and at-risk families through humanitarian assistance, relief programs, water wells, shelter support, food distribution, discipleship and restoration initiatives.acts29's most significant work includes helping rescue families from modern-day slavery, supporting their restoration and reintegration. Through these efforts, the organization seeks to protect life, relieve suffering and promote dignity, stability and long-term restoration.

What it reported doing in 2025

Rescue and restoration assistance for families in modern-day slavery: acts29 provided charitable assistance to vulnerable families living in brick kilns with a primary focus on helping secure the release, protection and stabilization of families trapped in modern-day slavery and severe exploitation. During 2025, the organization helped secure the release of 15 families, representing 103 individuals from modern-day slavery. Following the release, acts29 provided temporary apartment housing for three months, along with three months of food supplies to help stabilize these families during transition. The organization also assisted with medical care and treatment needs after release. In addition, acts29 supported 9 families with small business ventures designed to promote long-term stability and self-sufficiency, including tailoring store fronts, fruit carts, vegetable carts, and street food businesses. This program represented one of the organization's largest areas of charitable expenditure due to the costs associated with rescue support, transitional care, housing, food assistance, medical care and reintegration.

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

MIXED - Revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 30
  • Sustainability: 90
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 16%; rating input score 16
  • Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $216.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 83%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.88; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 16% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $95K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 16/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.