Hearts for the Congo Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933110758
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Weatherford, TX, USA
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$102,811
Expenses
$71,982
Assets
$42,749

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Julia Marshall (Board Chair)
  • Mari Fitz-Wynn (Vice Chair)
  • Rebecca Powell (Treasurer)

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

The purpose of Hearts for the Congo is to be in relationship with the ministry of the Peace Center and Bunia Children Hope Center and the Anglican Church of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as they share Christs love with those impacted by conflict in and around Bunia lturi Province Democratic Republic of the Congo. The goal is to aid them with prayer and support for their missions 1 promoting reconciliation peace and healing 2 assisting with procurement of clean water and food 3 equipping the disenfranchised with tools for sustainable living and 4 inviting people to Christ.

What it reported doing in 2025

HFTCs largest program helps to fund the work of the Peace Center a place of refuge prayer & counseling. During 2025 the following was accomplished: 450 students attended the Peace Center school most of them are from the Rwampara Internally Displaced Peoples camp where there is no education available. These students received instruction and structure that they do not receive in the camp. 1050 people received skills training sewing embroidery basket weaving and trauma counseling. The people who come for training are internally displaced people in the Bunia area due to fighting between rebel groups. This skills training gives participants practical ways to earn an income. Other activities for healing included sports activities Bible studies and prayer time. In 2025 the Peace Center also hosted multiple events that trained 15,760 young people on peace-building strategies for their communities as well as Christian discipleship. This training helps to prevent the youth from joining the rebel groups who are responsible for violence in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filed totals do not add up and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.3%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 90.4%; rating input score 90

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: 30%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.3% of revenue deployed · 90.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $65K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.