For The Children Ecuador Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264336460
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Callahan, FL, USA
Phone
9048791396
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,320,948
Expenses
$916,726
Assets
$4,287,067
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Harold R Hurst (Vice President)
  • Gary Pate (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Gary Pate (President): $50,928 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ecuador is a country of 13 million, 98% of the people are Catholic and in the indigenous population, Catholicism is mixed with animism. This is a country where most of the children and adults have religion, but do not understand what it is to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. Our desire is to reach and teach the children and their families about Christ so that they will accept Him as Savior, grow in Him and lead their own people to Christ. We believe the children are the future leaders of this beautiful country.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided direct support and humanatarian aid through missions work to children, adults, and churches in Ecuador. The organization's mission team has been working full time on the ground in the Southern Andes Mountains of Ecuador, working towards the vision God has given them in reaching out into many villages where there are no evangelical churches. They provided employment opportunities and training for Ecuadorians. With their Christ centered gospel programs, they have been able to reach the children of Ecuador, who have memorized a weekly bible verse and have shared the gospel. They have ministered emergency medical training, community evangelistic programs, and hosted missionary trips.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% 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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.7%; rating input score 41
  • 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: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 60.5%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.68; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.6%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $917K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $51K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.