Laborers with Christ
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 421293068
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Alta, IA, USA
- Phone
- 7122991821
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $84,197
- Expenses
- $104,938
- Assets
- $79,380
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LESLIE T DEROOS JR (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LESLIE T DEROOS JR (PRESIDENT)
- CAROLYN L DEROOS (SECRETARY)
- REAGAN L LAUNDERVILLE (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To meet the physical and spiritual needs of the world; to advance the health and wellbeing of the poor and needy, widow and orphan, and anyone else who desires a diet full of nutrition and variety; and to live out the gospel.
What it reported doing in 2025
Laborers with christ stays very active in support for the faagric program (faith agriculture) in nigeria, west africa. They have educated more than 1200+ participants in self-sustainable agriculture, and the importance of a strong nutritional diet. The project has provided the knowledge and ability to make the locally grown vegetables available in local markets, which has sparked interest of others in the communities who purchase them. This has stimulated an interest to consume the vegetables and receive the additional health benefits. In 2025 classes were offered at several different locations. Laborers with christ is helping sponsor a pastor in the middle belt of nigeria which is an area of the persecuted church in nigeria. Regular support is sent to help with outreach and training as they reach out to the muslim community. In 2025 we helped with building a new building and assisting with benevolent needs in the community.
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: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 90.3%; rating input score 90
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -24.6%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $95K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 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 19/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.