Gospel Chariot Missions
Legal name: Gospel Chariot Missions Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 822900505
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- College Station, TX, South Africa
- Phone
- +27 83 278 0961
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,532,502
- Expenses
- $1,516,926
- Assets
- $950,379
- Liabilities
- $10,598
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- George Funk (President)
Highest reported compensation
- George Funk (President): $105,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Red line_3-12.png Invade Africa and the world with Gospel Chariots preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ and multiplying disciples and churches everywhere using the Gospel Share Missions 4 fields discipleship evangelism tools. Invade Africa and the world with Gospel Chariots preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ and multiplying disciples and churches everywhere using the Gospel Share Missions 4 fields discipleship multiplication tools GCM In Action.
What it reported doing in 2024
Gospel Chariot Missions reaches out to people that are still seeking for Christ Jesus and also to churches to assist them in their own missions. It has built trucks as churches on wheels which include sleeping quarters for evangelists, a storeroom to carry literature and supplies, a stage with a sound system to prech from, a 300 seat tent, and a baptistry for baptizing new believers. Evangelists use the 4 Fields Discipleship Multiplication tools on how to share the Gospel in a simple and biblical way.
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 79% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 72
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.4%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 84.3%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: $382.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th 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: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Claims monitoring procedures: Limited
- Requires narrative reports: Limited
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Limited
- Conducts site visits: Limited
- Requires grant agreements: Limited
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 83.4% of revenue deployed · 84.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $105K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.