Mission Africa

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
760843150
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Federal Way, WA, USA
Phone
2068509155
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$723,633
Expenses
$748,167
Assets
$460,325
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NDUDI CHUKU (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • NDUDI CHUKU (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $275,606 total reported compensation
  • GEORGE CHUKU (BOARD CHAIR): $28,160 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mission Africa provides funding and support to alleviate poverty in communities in Africa and Washington State through education healthcare and social services program

What it reported doing in 2025

Digital Navigation: Mission Africa offers free Digital Navigation classes to low-income and immigrant families and individuals. Our goal is to help bridge the digital divide by empowering participants with the skills they need to navigate the online world confidently and effectively. Classes Designed for All Ages and Skill Levels; We offer classes tailored to three groups: Youth Seniors and a general class open to all. Translations are provided for non-native English speakers and laptops are available for those attending in-person classes. Youth In-Tech Class Ages 8-18: Youth meet on the last Saturday of each month to explore how technology can enhance their learning creativity and daily life. Seniors Computer Literacy Class: Seniors meet in person every Wednesday at Live Life Church in Renton to enhance their digital literacy while also connecting with others in the community. Computer Literacy Class Open to All Ages: This class is for anyone interested in learning basic computer skills. In this class participants learn how to search for jobs recognize scam emails make calls and send texts. They learn other computer programming skills like Microsoft Word Excel and PowerPoint that are essential for everyday tasks and the workplace.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 70% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 81% 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

MIXED - Most voting board members are independent and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 44
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.9%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 55%; rating input score 55
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 80%; rating input score 80; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 50%; rating input score 50; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Limited
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.4%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.9% of revenue deployed · 55% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $412K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $276K · 2 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 44 of 48 current checks pass · 4 findings to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 50/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G fundraiser detail did not reconcile in the filed values.