Feed My Sheep Today
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 813363815
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2022
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Schererville, IN, USA
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,558,259
- Expenses
- $1,513,339
- Assets
- $185,026
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROBERT BARBER (PRESIDENT)
- ERIN BARBER (VICE PRESIDENT TREASURER)
Highest reported compensation
- ROBERT BARBER (PRESIDENT): $488,700 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide national and international humanitarian relief to needy families, children, orphans and widows within the community as well as foreign countries like kenya, india, uganda, bangladesh, nigeria that is distributed by our missionaries at each locations.
What it reported doing in 2022
Missionary used the finds to purchase bibles to distribute to local area population, when they gather to hear the word of god. Joseph nyamando is primary caregiver c/o, used these funds to buy and distribute; food, clothing, water, hygiene products, and blankets to those in need. In addition, funds were used to fully supply and operate an orphange of over 100 children. In addition, funds were used to provide children a traditional, higher education beyond what they would have normally received in country (kenya) conditions
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 65% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 49
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.1%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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: 2.9%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 32.3%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 57.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 56.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 75.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $489K · 4 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 to 2022
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.