International Mission Builders
Legal name: International Mission Builders Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300179947
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Macclenny, FL, USA
- Phone
- 9042594307
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Support N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $32,628
- Expenses
- $41,681
- Assets
- $21,961
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
People named in this filing
- JAMES G LYONS (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
International Mission Builders (IMB) helps local churches develop mission opportunities for their membership, with the stated mission to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ by fulfilling the Great Commission through “Enlightening, Encouraging, Enlisting and Empowering” people to be involved in missions. In July of 2008, the IMB purchased 17 acres located in El Cerron, Honduras which would serve as a Mission compound. The property is located in a mountainous area of Honduras with a pleasant climate and lots of ministry opportunities close by. In 2009 teams constructed a dormitory to house 40 team members with a kitchen, a care takers house and a missionary house. After an extended illness, on November 17, 2009, the Lord called his faithful servant and friend, Gene home to be with Him. He was self-taught in the Spanish language, lead the building of 65 churches, 2 children’s homes and...
What it reported doing in 2024
Program services included constructing churches, feeding centers, and orphanages in honduras, provided educational leadership training of religious leaders, and spiritually evangelized individuals in remote areas of honduras.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 75% 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
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -27.7%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -11% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -10.1% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7.9% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $42K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.