MANNA Worldwide

Legal name: Manna Worldwide Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752931604
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Fort Worth, TX, United States
Phone
817-346-3641
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,732,992
Expenses
$12,703,779
Assets
$12,357,048
Liabilities
$2,048,005

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KEITH O'NEAL (PRESIDENT/CE)

Highest reported compensation

  • KEITH O'NEAL (PRESIDENT/CE): $135,400 total reported compensation
  • JERRY HARMEYER (TRUSTEE): $28,753 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

MANNA Worldwide works directly with local partners across 47 countries to rescue children from the grip of physical and spiritual poverty. Through our 8 key program themes listed below, we support and provide essential resources, community projects, and opportunities that help children and families thrive. By focusing on meaningful, measurable impact, we turn care and compassion into real-world change. Each project is designed with local partners who understand their community’s unique needs. Together, these efforts provide daily meals, education, healthcare, clean water, and spiritual guidance for children and families.

What it reported doing in 2024

Volunteer ministry trips: sponsoring trips for individuals to show the physical and spiritual needs of children. Providing opportunities for people to see needs and become involved in changing lives. Mango tree coffee (mtc): sells coffee and related supplies to allow for additional revenue for manna worldwide inc (mww). 100% of proceeds are donated to fund mww projects. Mtc buys coffee from farms near mww projects. Mww partners with programs in coffee countries to train and educate local orphans on coffee production. Mww hosts mission trips in coffee countries to visit coffee farms and support work of mww. Mww and mtc focus on awareness of humanitarian needs in developing countries where coffee is produced.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 73% for direct work, and 27% 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 the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 92
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.7%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 94.3%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.1%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.97; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.3%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.7% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 71.7% of revenue deployed · 94.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $12M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $135K · 14 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $104K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.