In Deed And Truth Ministries
Legal name: In Deed and Truth Ministries C/o James J Ennis
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 260343662
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- +1 (760) 707-7367
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Development
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,301,252
- Expenses
- $1,151,585
- Assets
- $1,922,065
- Liabilities
- $1,100
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SUZY KUJ (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- SUZY KUJ (CEO): $41,000 total reported compensation
- JAMES J ENNIS (CFO/TREASURER): $31,989 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide spiritual and physical care to remote communities in and around Tonj, South Sudan, through church plants, Christ-centered community development, and healthcare, bringing transformation, healing, hope, and the love of Jesus Christ.
What it reported doing in 2024
Medical clinic: our christian medical clinic exists to glorify god by providing compassionate primary health care to the poor and underserved people of south sudan. Operating around the clock 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our clinic and pharmacy care for more than 56,000 patients each year. The dedicated team includes a medical doctor, nurse-midwives, clinical officers, two laboratory technicians and a pharmacist. Together, they not only treat patients but also mentor and train young south sudanese men and women who are eager to learn how to care for their own communities. Our vision is to empower, educate and equip our national team/staff to impact more unreached villages and people with the gospel of jesus christ, relieving poverty and restoring hope, one household at a time.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 73% 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: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 62
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.9%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 95.6%; rating input score 96
- Fundraising efficiency: $77.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th 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: 75%; rating input score 75; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.5%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.67; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.3%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 11 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 4 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 84.9% of revenue deployed · 95.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $41K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.