Footprints Missions

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273670900
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Alma, MI, USA
Phone
9896207811
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,564
Expenses
$77,473
Assets
$35,275

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JEFFREY SMITH (BOARD CHAIRM)
  • ROBIN WHITMORE (SECRETARY)
  • KATHLEEN SMITH (TREASURER)

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 provide medical care to the poor in parts of west africa, and specifically to the people of makeni, in the county of sierra leone. Makeni has a population of approximately 110,000, with one acute care facilty, known as maghenti hospital. Maghenti hospital is operated by physicians from the makeni area and is currently funded through at least one dutch foundation known as lion heart. Mission footprints main purpose is to provide funds for purchasing medical supplies for patient care and some equipment. Also, it will provide medical professional and other volunteers to work in the magenti hospital on limited duration mission trips.

What it reported doing in 2025

Sierra leone and alma college

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.7%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 67.1%; rating input score 67

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.8%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.7% of revenue deployed · 67.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $52K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 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.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.