Mission by Words Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831368677
IRS 990-PF coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Newark, CA, USA
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,467
Expenses
$6,306

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

Overview

Mission

Christianity

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 1 grant totaling $5,000. The stated grant purpose was education.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 79% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 50
  • Endowment Health: 66

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: Limited
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 4; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: Filed self-dealing detail
  • Investments: 66th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.