Christs Footprints in Africa
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 454833869
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Fifty Lakes, MN, USA
- Phone
- 9526076003
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $204,420
- Expenses
- $204,623
- Assets
- $28,351
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- William Nersesian (Board Chair)
- Glen Halvorsen (Vice Chair)
- Wade Halvorsen (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Christ's Footprints in Africa (CFA) is a Christian Charity serving primarily in two of the poorest countries in the world. Malawi and Burundi in East Central Africa. Schools: Primary schooling for children who have no other source of education. These children learn to read and write and receive a meal at school. They are also taught the essentials of Christianity. CFA has built school buildings and offers help in maintaining them. Prison Ministry: Helping prisoners through partnership with the local branch of Prison Fellowship. Pastor Training: Many of the pastors have never had formal christian education, and many do not own a bible. CFA tries to supply bibles and training. Child Evangelism: CFA has partnered with Child Evangelism Fellowship to provide christian education to children in conjunction with the churches we work with. Church Support: CFA has helped build churches and repair churches. Other Work: Putting in wells if needed and helping with garden irrigation.
What it reported doing in 2025
During the 2025 year Christ's Footprints in Africa (CFA) provided humanitarian relief to many that were hungry and starving. CFA continued in supporting rural pastors, continued supporting the irrigation project that allows gardens to grow and flourish for many rural villages. CFA continues to support 2 schools, building new classrooms and new toilets. Also feeding the children 1 meal a day. These projects are accomplished through Word of Grace Church under the leadership of Pastor Moses N'Kahata.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 83% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 84
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.6%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 98.5%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.1%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -13.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 98.6% of revenue deployed · 98.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $202K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.