Gospel Harvesters International
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 752152094
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- North Richland Hills, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2144154222
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $408,493
- Expenses
- $334,232
- Assets
- $528,312
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Edwin M Kearney (President)
- Vince Rice (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- Edwin M Kearney (President): $47,914 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
This organization functions in three areas - Religious - which includes sharing the gospel in schools, villages, conferences and Bible studies around the world. Charitable - maintaining an orphanage - meeting needs for those who are underprivileged. Educational - maintaining a Bible College and Seminary and educational needs of children in India.
What it reported doing in 2025
Educational - Gospel Harvesters International instructed many in ways enabling them to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, by practical teaching of the Bible GHI held schools and seminars for both the pastors and laity in areas of Christian growth and responsibility. In addition, we are in year 28 of sponsoring childrens education in India for those who would otherwise, be on the street begging. Harvesters Theological College located in Ponnai outside of Vellore South India is now in its 22st year of existence for the training of national pastors and others. All expenses are paid by GHI for students plus a small stipend for couples who also work on the weekends in village ministry and Bible Studies. Grants/stipends were also given to teachers the college full and part time.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% 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
SUPPORTED - 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 the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 66
- Accountability: 63
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68.9%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 82.6%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Pass
- Conducts site visits: Pass
- Requires grant agreements: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
- Grant itemization coverage: 36.2%; rating input score 36; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 18.2%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.3%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 68.9% of revenue deployed · 82.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $276K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $48K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 19 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 36/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.