Jacob's Well Missions

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814822491
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Phone
7196460582
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$258,676
Expenses
$220,670
Assets
$66,026
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RON SANCHEZ (PRESIDENT)
  • SCOTT DOUGLAS (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • RENATO CASSULA (BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR): $68,750 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Help families and communities thrive in resource-challenged regions of the world through an integrated approach of spiritual, social and economic development.

What it reported doing in 2025

Social development program - we are committed to fostering comprehensive growth within the communities we serve through a holistic approach called integral community transformation. This initiative covers key areas aimed at enhancing quality of life and promoting sustainable development for all community members. A primary focus is the water, sanitation, and hygiene (wash) program, which works to ensure access to clean water, proper sanitation facilities, and thorough hygiene education. Working alongside local stakeholders, we have put in place effective systems that improve water quality and sanitation infrastructure, significantly reducing waterborne diseases. We regularly hold educational workshops to teach community members about the importance of hygiene practices such as handwashing and sanitation, which are vital for better public health. In addition to wash, we strongly emphasize literacy programs, recognizing that education is essential for personal and community growth. Our tailored classes serve both children and adults, helping participants develop basic reading and writing skills. By raising literacy rates, we enable individuals to access better economic opportunities, participate more actively in their communities, and elevate their overall quality of life. Collectively, these diverse elements of our social development program work together to build resilient communities. We have implemented a discipleship and reading program (light to read) for children ages 8 to 14 over the past year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 49% for direct work, and 51% for 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: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 73
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 90.3%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $38.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st 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; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 14.7%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77% of revenue deployed · 90.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $199K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $69K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.