Kainos Missions

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
851237317
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Cross Plains, TX, USA
Phone
0000000000
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,493
Expenses
$6,549
Assets
$30,459
Liabilities
$197

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ben McSpadden (Director and President)

People named in this filing

  • Ben McSpadden (Director and President)
  • Nan McSpadden (Director)
  • Kelly Zbinden (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The primary purpose includes but is not limited to sharing the Christian gospel and making disciples in order to equip and train leaders that plant strengthen and multiply churches that are guided by the Bible and fulfill the Great Commission in Matthew 2818-20 as they carry out the Great Commandment in Matthew 2237-40

What it reported doing in 2025

Explore Overseas Mission Trips are to encourage local US churches to be engaged in sharing the gospel and disciple making internationally This includes surveying local Christians and surrounding community of needs related to gospel and church leadership development 2025 Peru trips funded in coordination with First Baptist Church San Angelo

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -162.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.65; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -51.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.1% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.