Friends of Liberia Renewal Ministries USA
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 842970249
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Pasadena, CA, USA
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Development
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $77,987
- Expenses
- $71,048
- Assets
- $23,095
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Boye Nelson Kiamu (President)
People named in this filing
- Calvin Lindstrom (Board Chairman)
- Boye Nelson Kiamu (President)
- Albert B Cheapo (Chief Financial Officer)
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
FOLRM is making an important and significant difference in the lives of less privileged children in Liberia by providing safe housing education and nutritional support for growing bodies and brains while sharing the good news of Jesus Christ. We are providing practical life-changing biblical and educational opportunities recovery advocacy and job training skills for abused women and younger girls rescued from human trafficking as well.
What it reported doing in 2025
Other Projects Food Sports Park Playground Laptop Mission Trip
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.9%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 92%; rating input score 92
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: 8.9%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 24; 24th 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% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -13% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.9% of revenue deployed · 92% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $65K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.