Business for Orphans

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272486334
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Thompson Falls, MT, USA
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Economic Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$187,382
Expenses
$193,514
Assets
$24,232

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • James Doherty (President)
  • Shannon Doherty (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • James Doherty (President)
  • Shannon Doherty (Vice President)
  • Malon Lee (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our purpose is to rescue and restore or assist others through teaching and training to rescue and restore women and children who were or are currently suffering. We raise awareness for those at risk of human trafficking. We provide financial assistance to these women as well as partnering organizations and individuals who share our values and purposes. We provide trainings for missionaries and others who want to help people in need. Our teaching and trainings are founded in the moral principles found in the Bible. Our organization also works with orphanages through funding homes directly and training workers. We set up micro-businesses to help them become financially self-sustained. This year we engaged in the humanitarian side of helping victims and refugees from the Ukraine Russia war.

What it reported doing in 2025

We are a major financial support of Alex Agape Home in India. This is a childrens home that provides for kids with severe needs. Our support goes to housing education food and medical treatment. There are between 20 to 30 children in this home.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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 and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 36.7%; rating input score 37
  • Program expense ratio: 35.5%; rating input score 36

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: -3.3%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 14; 14th 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: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -20.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 36.7% of revenue deployed · 35.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $69K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 37/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.