Justice & Mercy International

Legal name: Justice and Mercy International

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364630658
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Nashville, TN, USA
Phone
(615) 472-7455
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Economic Development
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,554,183
Expenses
$4,117,948
Assets
$3,602,132
Liabilities
$633,878

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEFF SIMMONS (PRESIDENT)
  • MARY KATHARINE HUNT (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARY KATHARINE HUNT (CEO): $174,396 total reported compensation
  • TARA OWEN (SECRETARY OF THE CORP/CFO): $114,193 total reported compensation
  • WILLIAM CHRIS HARDY (CPO): $112,358 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to promote Gospel-centered life change for the poor, the vulnerable, and the forgotten. We exist to promote Gospel-centered life change for the poor, the vulnerable, and the forgotten. Justice & Mercy International (JMI) is a faith-based, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that primarily works in Moldova in Eastern Europe and in the Amazon region of Brazil. We do our work through programs that have the Good News of Jesus at their core. Our Vision. When you join us in our mission to reach the forgotten people of the Amazon, expect to venture down the River on JMI’s triple-decker boat, the Splendor, which serves as both housing and transportation. Our trips tend to focus on training with Jungle Pastors and communities, evangelism and discipleship programs, and community development projects like construction. LEARN MORE Moldova.

What it reported doing in 2024

Moldova sponsorship & crisis response programs: jmi provides sponsorship programs for individual orphans and vulnerable children as well as for girls and boys living in jmi's transitional living homes and in area shelters. Jmi's transitional living home/program is designed to protect young women who are at risk of human trafficking. They are provided with a home, food, life skills education, business skills, education, mentoring and computer skills education. Jmi's transitional living home for boys provides similar services to young men who are at high risk for suicide and being targeted by organized crime groups in moldova. We provide food bags and emergency crisis relief to families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 44% for direct work, and 56% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 63
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.4%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • 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; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.6%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 76.4% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $174K · 13 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2012 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: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.