Good News India Development Support Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850771682
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Yamhill, OR, USA
Phone
9712851371
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$115,203
Expenses
$69,396
Assets
$62,727
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kenneth Watson (President, Director)
  • Roy Durfee (Vice-president, Director)

People named in this filing

  • Kenneth Watson (President, Director)
  • Roy Durfee (Vice-president, Director)
  • Thomas Fort (Secretary-Treasurer, Director)

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 support development organizations in India

What it reported doing in 2025

Paid facility development costs for building construction for Kumaon Training Institute in Kathgodam, Uttarakhand, India. Kumaon Training Institute is part of Good News Ministries headquartered in Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India. The institute trains community development workers and does treatment of drug addicts.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 58.5%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 97.2%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 39.8%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 75.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 58.5% of revenue deployed · 97.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 11 filed program accomplishments · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.