Far Reaching Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330776828
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Murrieta, CA, USA
Phone
9516774474
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,723,421
Expenses
$9,039,457
Assets
$22,941,786
Liabilities
$151,556

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Wesley Bentley (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Wesley Bentley (CEO): $196,667 total reported compensation
  • Pastor Luke Beebe (Director): $175,000 total reported compensation
  • Edward P Amaya (Ghost Ops Director): $141,590 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Far Reaching Ministries (FRM) was founded to carry the Gospel Jesus Christ to the world with discipleship as our primary objective. We plant and edify evangelical churches, found Bible schools, gather intimate small groups, and sustain missionaries. We give highest priority to the vulnerable, war-torn, and persecuted communities - seeking to comfort and revive the afflicted. FRM initiates new programs by bringing aid to meet physical needs, which opens hearts, and enables us to fulfill spiritual needs. We train and equip missionaries and pastors in over 30 different nations. Each front-line worker has surrendered wholeheartedly to follow Jesus and brings unique, God-given spiritual gifts to ensure an abundant harvest. Every believer is called to be an Ambassador for Jesus Christ, to build His eternal kingdom by investing in others, and to love supremely just as Jesus did! As we all accept His calling and begin to share His love, can reach even the uttermost ends of this earth!2 Peter 1

What it reported doing in 2024

Ghost Operations: Across some of the world's most dangerous regions, Far Reaching Ministries continues to stand with those risking their lives to bring hope and relief. Through Ghost Operations, FRM supports chaplains, pastors, and frontline workers serving amid war, persecution, and crisis.a. Ukraine: FRMs chaplains remain active on the front linesevacuating civilians, delivering aid, and sharing the Gospel amid the war. Over 60 leaders were renewed through a chaplains retreat, and 27 new chaplains sponsorship program. Construction continues on a major training and rehabilitation center for children and a larger home for the elderly. In addition to this, FRM provided 1,500 winter jackets for children, and supported monthly church feasts, Christmas outreaches, and the ongoing Potatoes for Grandmothers programmeeting both physical and spiritual needs across Ukraine.b. Syria: FRM provide monthly support for the basic necessities to rescue Druze seeking sanctuary from the genocide. We are hoping to provide medical services for the most vulnerable through financial support to local hospitals where staff have been working with no salary for most of 2025.c. Georgia and Moldova: FRM sponsored Christmas outreaches, aid for refugee and elderly families, and pastors conferences for displaced Russian ministers, with additional retreats planned for 2025 & 2026. More than 450 underground pastors across Eastern Europe and Asia continue to receive vital support, ensuring persecuted believers can survive and minister in secret.d. Nigeria and Burma: FRM sustains missionary and chaplain networks in high-risk regions, sponsoring missionaries bringing the gospel into radical Islamic Areas in N. Nigeria and partnering with ORA to reach displaced families and underground churches in Burma.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 33
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.3%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $68.54 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.2%; rating input score 99; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 25%; rating input score 25; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.54; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.8%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.3% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $7.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $197K · 12 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $127K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 29 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 21 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 25/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.