Hidden with Christ Ministries Dba Treasures of Africa Kidz

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330932561
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Forest, VA, USA
Phone
4348497967
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protestant
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$461,566
Expenses
$508,535
Assets
$443,184
Liabilities
$6,428

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RITA LANGELAND (President)
  • MARK HOLT (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • RITA LANGELAND (President): $92,802 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Form 990 Part III Line 1 - Organization MissionThe stated mission of Hidden with Christ Ministries is to demonstrate the love of God through mercy ministries to the poor and oppressed including orphans, widows and other marginalized people. Additionally, this organization aims to promote the study of the Bible and Biblical principles through various forms of media. In accordance with these stated goals, during 2025 the organization operated an education support program aimed at providing a top-level education to orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children. This program continues to serve orphans who were former residents of this ministrys Treasures of Africa Childrens Home but have transitioned from an Institution-based model of orphan care to a Family-based model of orphan care. Hidden with Christ Ministries has continued to provide both full education support and medical insurance for every child who was a former resident of Treasures of Africa Childrens Home while living in their ne

What it reported doing in 2025

Form 990 Part III Line 4a - In 2025 the Treasures of Africa KIDZ Project was operated by this organization in Moshi, Tanzania (East Africa) to provide education support for orphaned, abandoned, and other vulnerable children. This project fully covered all education expenses for English-medium schooling in private schools for 42 Tanzanian students from the Primary through Secondary school level. Three orphaned students were given scholarships to study in the USA one in Elementary School (grade 6) and one in High School (grade 10), and one college student at Liberty University. In addition, during 2025 Hidden With Christ Ministries fully supported 20 college-aged orphans or otherwise impoverished young people 11 of which were former residents of this Organizations orphanage Treasures of Africa Childrens Home. These students attended 14 different colleges and Universities in the nation of Tanzania, and one in the USA. This is in support of a major goal of the organization to help prepare leaders for East Africa from the population of orphaned and abandoned children by sponsoring their advanced education. This focus continues to be a major thrust of this organization.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 56
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $31.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 20th 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; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.2%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.2%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92% of revenue deployed · 83.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $424K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $93K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.