For the Nations Refugee Outreach

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452256540
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Richardson, TX, USA
Phone
4693675363
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,076,787
Expenses
$2,665,872
Assets
$9,782,558
Liabilities
$23,078

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Cameron Mullens (President)
  • Kaitlyn Mullens (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Cameron Mullens (President): $124,727 total reported compensation
  • Kaitlyn Mullens (Executive Director): $122,520 total reported compensation
  • Katie Brugger (Treasurer): $3,600 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide general education and family services that help meet the practical needs of refugees and to share with them the gospel of Jesus Christ. We serve refugees from more than 20 countries resettled legally and permanently in the DFW area from ages 0-88 by emphasizing education, family services, and the Christian gospel message through ESL classes, literacy, tutoring, preschool, citizenship classes, Bible studies, life skills, reading programs, field trips, and seminars. We also help connect refugees to food, clothing, and health care services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Summer Reading Program: For the Nations summer reading program served 687 elementary children in small groups of less than 10 students per group for 8 weeks June- August 2025. The summer reading program includes English language learning, reading, math, Christian Bible teaching, and other extracurricular activities such as art, taekwondo, dance, music, coding, swim lessons, and needlepoint. Daily breakfast and lunch are also provided for children in need. Additionally, 21 refugee high school and college students were employed as interns over the summer to help run the program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 81
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.7%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 90.9%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $47.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th 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: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.4%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.67; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.4%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.7% of revenue deployed · 90.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $2.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $125K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.