Family Legacy

Legal name: Family Legacy Missions International

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752897392
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
9726202020
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,931,501
Expenses
$13,865,367
Assets
$11,261,801
Liabilities
$8,945,353

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN HASSE JR (PRESIDENT AND CEO)

People named in this filing

  • TOM FIELD (BOARD CHAIRPERSON)
  • CHRIS WILLIS (BOARD MEMBER)
  • TREY HENDERSON (BOARD MEMBER)

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

At Family Legacy, our work is focused on one goal: glorifying God by serving the vulnerable and orphaned children of Zambia so they can live out their God-given potential. Hosting a Meal Packing Event is a unique outreach opportunity to serve vulnerable children globally from your local building. It’s easy, safe, family-friendly, and fun, all while bringing a tangible benefit to the children we support. Learn More Church Mission Trips. Expand your congregation’s worldview.** Is your community aware of the spiritual, educational, physical, and emotional issues impoverished children face? Family Legacy provides holistic solutions for children enduring these situations. Connect your church with the developing world.** Any church can participate in missions. Family Legacy delivers a variety of turnkey opportunities that engage believers locally and globally in the Great Commission. Love...

What it reported doing in 2025

Family legacy missions international (flmi) advances its mission in zambia by providing funding and operational support to family legacy missions zambia (flmz), which owns and operates 17 christian legacy academies in lusaka, zambia. Staffed by more than 400 educators, the legacy academies serve students from surrounding communities. Flmz also partners with government schools in nearby areas to extend educational opportunities. The legacy academies emphasize academic excellence, spiritual growth, and safe, clean learning environments while offering students daily meals and regular medical care. In 2025, family legacy, together with sponsors and donors, supported over 10,800 children who participated in its educational programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 66% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 93
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.6%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 81.9%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.8 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Pass
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.2%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.79; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 95.6% of revenue deployed · 81.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $11.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.