Africans Reaching Africa Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824229023
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Granger, IN, USA
Phone
5742475898
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Support N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,441,691
Expenses
$953,972
Assets
$2,035,648
Liabilities
$12,653

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WILLIAM NELSON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JOSETTE CHAMBERLAIN (BOARD MEMBER)
  • TIMOTHY CHAMBERLAIN (VICE-PRESIDE)
  • MITCHEL HELMKAMP (BOARD MEMBER)

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

It is the mission and purpose of africans reaching africa, inc. To train and support african christians to reach out to other africans in africa by sharing the love of jesus through both word and deed. We provide christian education and training, administrative and financial support and encouragement as they participate in activities that meet that purpose.

What it reported doing in 2025

Missions training provided on various topics needed for mission preparation such as cross-cultural ministry, communication, evangelism and discipleship techniques, leadership, conflict resolution, team roles, apologetics, stewardship and accountability. A large portion of expenses are used to support the volunteer african christians & provide ministry resources.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 50
  • Accountability: 75
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.7%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 93.9%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $146.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 20th 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: 33.8%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.13; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.3% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.7% of revenue deployed · 93.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $896K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes foreign activity
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.