Connect Taiwan

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
992298722
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Durham, NC, USA
Phone
9197948553
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Interfaith Coalitions
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$89,313
Expenses
$57,294
Assets
$89,659
Liabilities
$650

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • John Savage (President)

People named in this filing

  • CHASE JENKINS (Board Member)
  • WALTER LEE (Board Member)
  • BRIAN ELLISON (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

At Connect Taiwan, our mission is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ throughout Taiwan by planting churches, supporting existing congregations, and mobilizing Taiwanese believers to obey the great commission. Through intentional connection and outreach, we aim to cultivate relationships centered on the Gospel with the goal of connecting people back to their Maker and fostering a culture of obedience, hope, and unity among believers.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, a significant milestone was reached in the organization's global outreach efforts with the commissioning and deployment of our first full-time missionary to Taiwan on June 16. This marked the transition from foundational relationship-building to active, long-term ministry presence in the region. The missionary is currently engaged in intensive language study to develop cultural and linguistic proficiency, while also serving within a local church and participating in a church planting network. These efforts are designed to support indigenous ministry initiatives and contribute to the growth and sustainability of local congregations. This advancement reflects the continued commitment of the organization to strategic, cross-cultural engagement and the fulfillment of its mission to partner with local churches in reaching their communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.9%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 35.9%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.56; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 63.4%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 176% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 49.4% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 44.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.9% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $45K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.