Greater Grace Ministries of Liberia Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842643318
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Cedar Falls, IA, USA
Phone
3192696074
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protestant
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$165,733
Expenses
$156,746
Assets
$25,860
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALFRED ZEKEH (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ALFRED ZEKEH (PRESIDENT)
  • BRIAN BOUCK (VP AND TREASURER)
  • JERRY CHRISTOPHERSON (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 plant chuches in liberia and elevate the the economic conditions of the villages where these churches are planted. This is accomplished by starting agricultural programs and schools for the children in the village.

What it reported doing in 2025

Church planting - in 2025, 13 new churches were planted in liberia, bringing the total to 82 churches. Four of the churches were inactive.orphan care - covered medical, food, and school expenses for 48 orphans. These orphans were placed with individual families rather than in an orphanage.christian school - serves grades 19, with enrollment of 169 students. The program is scheduled to expand to include 10th grade in the upcoming fall term.bible school and seminary - 198 national leaders were trained, and there were 78 regular bible school students.

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: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.8%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 96%; rating input score 96

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: 5.4%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.3%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -64.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.8% of revenue deployed · 96% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $151K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.