Ashers Army Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
995080582
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Gulfport, MS, USA
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Patient Services - Entertainment, Recreation

Reported finances

Revenue
$121,760
Expenses
$54,631
Assets
$115,914

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Christina Carter Burks (President)
  • Leesha Parker (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Christina Carter Burks (President)
  • Misty Carter (Treasurer)
  • Leesha Parker (Vice President)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The specific purpose of the Corporation is to provide financial assistance to family members of children diagnosed with Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer. The organization aims to alleviate the financial burdens that families face during the treatment process, covering expenses such as medical bills, travel for specialized care, lodging, and related costs that are not fully covered by insurance. By offering this support, Asher's Army allows families to focus on their child's care and well-being without the added stress of financial strain.

What it reported doing in 2025

Assisted a family with living expenses while their child was receiving an agressive chemo regimen.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 49
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33.9%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 75.5%; rating input score 75

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: 55.1%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.12; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 49% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 38% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 81.5% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33.9% of revenue deployed · 75.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $41K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.