Fields of Life Trust

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260612207
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$120,785
Expenses
$103,544
Assets
$71,808

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gregory Roland Killian (Vice President)
  • Antony James Gaston (President)

People named in this filing

  • Ian Ronald Taylor (Chairman)
  • Ronald Angus Wilson (Treasurer)
  • Gregory Roland Killian (Vice President)

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

To Support Quality Education Clean water and Health Promotion in East Africa to relieve Poverty

What it reported doing in 2025

Resilience and Livelihoods

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 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.9%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 93.2%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.3%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.9% of revenue deployed · 93.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $97K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2009 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.