Missionaries to Mexico Mission to Mexico
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 270771432
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Austin, TX, USA
- Phone
- 5122881621
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $200,933
- Expenses
- $184,930
- Assets
- $307,617
- Liabilities
- $1,216
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RACHEL L FANNIN (President)
- STEVEN H MYERS (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- TERRY MCDONOUGH (Director)
- FRANK MALDONADO (Director)
- JUDY MALDONADO (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Missionaries to mexico's (mtm) primary exempt purpose is to be substantially devoted to the alleviation of poverty, disease, pain and suffering through providing to those in need with food, shelter, clothing, educational supplies and counseling. In particular, mtm shall exist for the purpose of assisting the poorest of the poor in the colonias of nuevo laredo, mexico.
What it reported doing in 2024
SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM: MTM sought sponsors for approximately 220 school-age children.THE ANNUAL COST TO SPONSOR A CHILD HAD BEEN $100/YEAR SINCE THE PROGRAM'S INCEPTION. MTM FOUND IT NECESSARY TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT TO $130/YEAR DUE TO RISING COSTS. THE SPONSORS CAME THROUGH FOR US! The sponsors NOW donate $130 per child for MTM to provide a summer and a winter school uniform, school shoes and socks, school supplies, a backpack and small Christmas gift. MTM had sponsors for 228 children in the program by the end of the fiscal year. A major accomplishment for the program this year is that MTM HAD SEVEN students in the program attending university! MTM awarded ALL seven University STUDENTS WITH Scholarships for a total of $1,450. MTM believes education is the cornerstone of our efforts to fight poverty in the colonia we serve.
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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 85
- Accountability: 18
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.9%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 97.2%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.66; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.9% of revenue deployed · 97.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 8 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $180K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 19 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- 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.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.