Message of Life Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 956093511
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2014–2025
Forms available: Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location: Ahwahnee, CA, USA
Phone: 5596837028
Rating: 85
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Christianity
Affiliation: Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue: $5,615
Expenses: $16,939
Assets: $108,613
Liabilities: $635

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

GERALD KINZEL (Vice President)

People named in this filing

EZEQUIEL MANTILLA (CHAIRMAN / PRES)
GERALD KINZEL (Vice President)
SANDRA MANTILLA (Secretary)

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

Producing and distributing christian educational materials for children in the spanish language.

What it reported doing in 2025

Wrote, illustrated, printed and distributed children's workbooks and teachers manuals in the spanish language for sunday schools and vacation bible schools.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 100
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 38
Growth: 0

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: -201.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.41; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -10.2% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -16.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -6.7% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd 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 · $33K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 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.

Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.