Least of These Ministries
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 542029209
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Huntington Beach, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7146252112
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Personal Social Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $65,290
- Expenses
- $88,381
- Assets
- $22,543
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MYRNA M MCLAUGHLIN (FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- NANCY CARRINI (BOARD MEMBER)
- LE CHURCH (BOARD MEMBER)
- RICHARD GRIER ESQ (BOARD MEMBER)
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
Providing health and hope to forgotten people. Connecting the talent and resources and God's Kingdom with our brothers and sisters left out of this world's goods.
What it reported doing in 2025
Least of These Ministries continues to strive toward the goals of sustainability and self reliance, relying upon the generosity of our patrons and the perseverance of those we help in order to keep projects moving forward. Pastor Jesse has described our two facilities, Pleasant Places and Kariba, as "life-serving properties", extolling the virtues of education, empathy and empowerment. Our agricultural programs have blossomed from the education that was provided to Pastor Jesse, who has created numerous training programs, and is now providing nutrition to our elderly community members as well as a dedicated conservation farming program that promotes sustainability and combats climate change. Your gifts and donations have also helped repair the school roof in Nyamhunga, the floors of the church in Karba and sustained the efforts of creating wells in Mansasia. Least of These Ministries and the people we help in Zimbabwe continue to be thankful and blessed by the financial and spiritual stewardship of our American collaborators. We look forward to a better 2024 and pray for the health, safety and betterment of our entire Least of These family.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 85% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -35.4%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $88K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 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 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.