Chikondi Malawi

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460815734
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Fort Worth, TX, USA
Phone
8177328493
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$163,248
Expenses
$121,789
Assets
$159,769
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • IONE Y PODGORE (PRESIDENT)
  • RAELYNN LEILANI PLOUGHMANN (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • IONE Y PODGORE (PRESIDENT)
  • RAELYNN LEILANI PLOUGHMANN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SHIRLEY L ZIELKE (TREASURER)

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 purpose of chikondi malawi is to alleviate suffering and improve the lives of disadvantaged people in africa. This nonprofit organization provides an expression of christ's love for all mankind, and in turn promotes christianity.

What it reported doing in 2025

Providing ccys with the funds to feed orphans and vulnerable children. The orphan feeding center in area 51 located outside the capital city of lilongwe, malawi. In 2022 funding from chikondi malawi provided breakfast and lunch to 390 to 400 school children between the ages of 6 and 13 every school day. School attendance is mandatory for all children in the feeding program. Without the feeding program many of these children would not be in school.a second priority for ccys is to provide food for the orphans and vulnerable children under six years of age. These younger orphans and vulnerable children are being fed a fortified porridge called likuni phala once per day in the morning. Although they are not in school, they are fed every school day to be on the same schedule as the older children.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

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: 25.4%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.31; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.