New Missions Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237365066
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2013
Forms available
Form 990 2013
Location
Orlando, FL, USA
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,197,077
Expenses
$4,538,040
Assets
$19,841,978
Liabilities
$132,411

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Timothy DeTellis (PresidentChairmanDirector): $173,750 total reported compensation
  • George DeTellis (SecretaryDirector): $159,605 total reported compensation
  • Charles DeTellis (TreasurerDirector): $156,046 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Organization's mission is designed by the following model: Plant a church, establish a school, and provide food, clothing and medical care to poverty-stricken individuals in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

What it reported doing in 2013

New Missions employs the following model to accomplish its mission: Plant a church, establish a school, and provide food, clothing and medical care to poverty-stricken individuals in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The core measurement for the Organization's ministry growth is the number of children served. It is the Organization's goal to grow conservatively each year in order to run an effective operation while maintaining a consistent support base to assure longevity and impact from these efforts.It is the Organization's goal to plant and establish a new mission site annually to reach new people who do not yet have access to education, food or medical care in Haiti using three criteria: Lack of Gospel influence; Lack of resources in the community - school, water, medical care; and availability of trained leadership who the Organization can place in care of the new mission site. During the fiscal year 2014, the Organization established its 28th church and elementary school in the mountain region of Decouze, Haiti. During the school year, 2 million meals are prepared and served to our students. In the Fall of 2014, we hosted the second year of our professional trade school in Haiti providing training in construction skills. Over the time period of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, nine brand new buildings were completed at New Missions campuses in Haiti, including three churches, two warehouses, three kitchens, and a high school classroom building. The Organization now has 32 Haitian nurses serving communities across the Leogane Plain, Haiti. Each month, the Organization's medical clinic cares for over 1,000 patients.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% 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 revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 53
  • Accountability: 48
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.8%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 76.3%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 20%; rating input score 20; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.8%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.37; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.8% of revenue deployed · 76.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $174K · 5 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2011 to 2013
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 20/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 52/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.