Finisterre Vision

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 274251733
IRS 990 coverage: 2014–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024
Location: Chandler, AZ, USA
Phone: 4807885694
Rating: 72
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Christianity
Affiliation: Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue: $1,287,796
Expenses: $980,266
Assets: $765,646
Liabilities: $42,779

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

SCOTT MAXWELL (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

SCOTT MAXWELL (PRESIDENT): $121,231 total reported compensation
JEREMY LEHMAN (COO TREASURER): $110,803 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

It is our vision to see local churches work together to establish god-glorifying churches that are self-governing, self-supporting, and self-propagating in every people group in the finisterre mountains in papua-new guinea.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, our organization made significant strides in advancing our mission by training and deploying a new logistics coordinator to our base in madang town and completing training for two missionary families set to serve in papua new guinea in 2025. We successfully renovated our madang town base allowing us to accommodate five missionary families in 2025, enhancing our operational capacity. Additionally, we continued vital bible teaching, translation, and discipleship efforts among the do people in the finisterre mountains and initiated informal pastor training in madang town, strengthening local leadership and community engagement.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% 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 - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 61
Transparency & Controls: 75
Accountability: 86
Sustainability: 55
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 55.9%; rating input score 56
Program expense ratio: 73.2%; rating input score 73
Fundraising efficiency: $16.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st 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: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

Operating margin: 23.9%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 23.7%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 55.9% of revenue deployed · 73.2% of spending went to programs
Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $718K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $121K · 5 people listed
Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
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.

Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 53/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.