Formando Vidas Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
134296511
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Little Elm, TX, USA
Phone
9454002847
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$26,963
Expenses
$25,975
Assets
$3,910
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Evelyn L Bartel (Vice President and operations manager)
  • Stevan Mark Bartel (President and advocate)

People named in this filing

  • Evelyn L Bartel (Vice President and operations manager)
  • Katrina M McLean (Treasurer and Colombian Office Manager)
  • Stevan Mark Bartel (President and advocate)

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

Providing resources to children and their families to enable them to learn Biblical values and to break the cycle of poverty by supporting them in education and providing recreation and creative outlets so that they do not become involved in gangs.

What it reported doing in 2025

We offer children in high risk a safe place to be kids in their neighborhood. We run a free football club for 30 children from the age of 6 to 16 years. We provide a space for about 30 children to be creative and to just play, they receive free lessons in arts, music and theatre. 20 teenagers and 20 women attend a discipleship program and younger children are taught Bible stories to emphasis values and Gods love for them. We also provide educational support for 28 children of elementary school age and teach mothers how to use industrial sewing machines so that they can earn an income. We provide a snack at each meeting.

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

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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.3%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 3.7%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.1% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $26K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.