Blaze International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831038292
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Blue Ridge, GA, USA
Phone
7702895073
Rating
96
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$124,975
Expenses
$124,182
Assets
$198,968
Liabilities
$1,420

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • KELLY DAVIDSON (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • CRAIG TUCK (SPIRITUAL DI)
  • JOSE MALDONADO (MINISTRY ADV)

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

Blaze international exists to effectively equip international missionaries toward spiritual, emotional, and personal health.

What it reported doing in 2025

Blaze international, with the cooperation of a local church, coaches missionaries preparing for the mission field and those currently serving as field partners. Coaching includes: pre-field coaching: one-on-one relational sessions with individuals & families intended to help align their lives with god's priorities to effectively pursue his calling, equipping them for spiritual and emotional challenges on the field. In 2025, 22 families completed pre-field coaching. On-field coaching: intentional, overseas training for teams helping leaders discover biblical solutions for real problems, providing guidance and accountability for genuine growth. During 2025, 46 individuals received on-field coaching. Furlough / reentry: compassionate, personal sessions designed to offer help for individuals and families during difficult transitions. Partnership training: assisting local fellowships in building more effective, grace-filled partnerships that are essential in helping leaders thrive and remain effective on the field. In 2025, 5 local fellowships participated in this training.

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

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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.8%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 97.3%; rating input score 97

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: 0.6%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.6; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 43.7%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.8% of revenue deployed · 97.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $121K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.