Faithworks Christians in Mission

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
860992090
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Flagstaff, AZ, USA
Phone
9287740504
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$159,973
Expenses
$175,434
Assets
$145,911
Liabilities
$108,586

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL COMBS (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL COMBS (PRESIDENT): $34,090 total reported compensation
  • ANTHONY CASALI (PRSIDENT): $28,417 total reported compensation
  • SHANNA PERRY (TREASURER): $8,832 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Faithworks unites the christian community in mission ministry including construction, medical and children's ministry projects. Outreach includes 12 mission projects yearly with volunteer missioners participating.

What it reported doing in 2023

Mission outreach: many mission projects with over 125 volunteers some of which participated in several mission trips. The following mission trips were held: medical missions in aqua prieta, mexico construction projects on the navajo nation maintenance projects on the food bank and disabled residence. Other projects in africa and around northern Arizona.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 65% 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 available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 67
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.4%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 65.9%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.7%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.74; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.7%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.4% of revenue deployed · 65.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $116K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $34K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.