Mission Challenge

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
592855446
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
New Port Richey, FL, USA
Phone
7272427878
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Husbandry
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$84,623
Expenses
$89,738
Assets
$7,217
Liabilities
$35,000

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT E WILMARTH (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ROBERT E WILMARTH (PRESIDENT)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of mission challenge, inc. Is to challenge us to look at the mission field and experience the joy of reaching out in the name of jesus. To accomplish this, our goals are: 1. To provide opportunities to experience the mission field on a first hand basis. 2. To provide on-site orientation and training in effective cross-cultural adaptation and living. 3. To demonstrate and provide training in using agricultural projects as a bridge to share the good news about jesus. 4. To work directly with the local church to help strengthen its ministry by providing technical and financial aid. 5. To train, encourage and motivate those seeking to be involved in missions.

What it reported doing in 2024

Goat project - to provide a source of nutrition and income for poor families and to improve community relationships by operating a breeding center and producing high quality goats milk. The offspring are being placed with families in several communities in the rual areas of costa rica.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 26
  • 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; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 4.85; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.4% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $90K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.