But God Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453146771
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Madison, MS, United States
Phone
601-983-1179
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Economic Development
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,632,448
Expenses
$2,547,063
Assets
$5,218,082
Liabilities
$55,053

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BUDDY HUFF (PRESIDENT)
  • STANLEY P BUCKLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • STANLEY P BUCKLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $151,421 total reported compensation
  • DINA RAY (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT): $105,667 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Share the love of Jesus Christ through building sustainable communities around the world. Monthly support In honor or memory of someone special All donations are tax-deductible. You’ll receive updates so you can see the impact of your giving. Want to serve with us in Jonestown, Mississippi? We’d love to have you or your church team join us for a mission trip focused on real, hands-on ministry. Whether your gifts are in construction, medical care, kids’ ministry, Bible teaching—or simply showing up with a heart to serve—there’s a place for you. Learn more about how to Plan a Mission Trip or reach out to our team: Email:** [email protected].

What it reported doing in 2025

But god ministries continued its mission of supporting local economic development in the haitian communities of galette chambon and thoman. In 2025, the organization provided daily meals and education to over 2,500 children across seven schools, delivered medical care to thousands through its clinics in thoman, and supported 13 university students in port-au-prince. Additional initiatives included agricultural development, vocational training, housing for orphans, job creation, and home construction. The ministry conducted multiple food distributions, graduated students from its vocational school, held two high school graduation ceremonies, and facilitated worship services, discipleship classes, and baptisms. Despite ongoing instability and violence in haiti, but god ministries employed over 250 individuals and continued to host volunteers who served in various capacities throughout the year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 54
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.4%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.39 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.2%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.05; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 83.4% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $151K · 9 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $1.8M reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.