Message of Life Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
731218192
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lawton, OK, USA
Phone
5806785026
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$154,896
Expenses
$140,508
Assets
$231,699
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

People named in this filing

  • John W Crandall (Missionary)
  • Andrew E Waldren (Missionary)
  • Will Little (Director and Chairman of the Board)

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

Religious education and benevolence

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide personnel, leadership training and materials for the development and growth of churches such as Iglesia Cristiana Los Samanes, Iglesia Cristiana Las Orqideas, Iglesia Cristiana La Fuente, Iglesia Cristiana Torre Fuerte, Iglesia Cristiana Los Vergeles involving about 425 Ecuadorians in Guayaquil Ecuador.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.1%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.3%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.65; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $141K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.