Mustard Seed International
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 421094107
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2014
- Location
- Des Moines, IA, USA
- Phone
- 5152702080
- Rating
- 42
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Protestant
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $26,698
- Expenses
- $37,055
- Assets
- $91,971
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- THOM RACHFORD (PRESIDENT, SEC., TREAS.)
People named in this filing
- THOM RACHFORD (PRESIDENT, SEC., TREAS.)
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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To reach all the world that is able to hear, with the gospel of jesus christ, through the highest quality, most effective, most financially responsible, and motivating evangelistic films in the world, in their own languages when possible and to maintain leadership in this activity until christ returns.
What it reported doing in 2014
The corporation is organized exclusively for the purpose of promoting the cause of the lord jesus christ. By spreading the gospel through motion pictures, written materials, correspondence and the press in all places possible.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -38.8%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.48; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -51.9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2013 to 2014
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.