Amazon Basin Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842551243
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Waco, TX, USA
Phone
4322707042
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Interfaith Coalitions
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$179,692
Expenses
$167,558
Assets
$56,464
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STAN HANES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,CO-FOUN)

People named in this filing

  • REV LARRY CREAMER (BOARD CHAIR,CO-FOUNDER)
  • DR KATHLEEN WOODSDDS (DIRECTOR)
  • MR JOHN GREENMAN (SECRETARY)

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

Amazon basin ministries will recruit, equip, train and send groups of laborers to the amazon basin to effectively share the gospel with love and boldness, teach and equip disciples to obey jesus' commandments, meet practical needs including health and dental care, providing clean water and building that benefits the whole community, all done in such a way as to empower local believers.

What it reported doing in 2024

Facilitated teams of volunteers to work in the villages & communities of the amazon basin & other countries.the work was comprised of working with clean water projects, providing medical & dental clinics, teaching bible studies for youth & adults and providing activities & studies for children.

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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.2%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.8%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.3%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 23.6% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 38.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $168K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.