Next Life Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 465588534
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Okoboji, IA, USA
- Phone
- 7123307031
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $177,073
- Expenses
- $210,457
- Assets
- $31,337
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PATTI GRIFFITHS (President)
- SHARON LECLAIR (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- PATTI GRIFFITHS (President)
- DANIEL WINKOWITSCH (Director)
- DAVID BUTTERWORTH (Secretary)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Next life foundation's purpose is to promote and sustain christian vocational training in mbuguni, tanzania. There are 30 tailoring students and 8 carpentry students that require fabric, needles, thread, wood, glue and transportation of these supplies to the village, etc. Wages are paid to three teachers, three administrators, two security guards, and a cook. An attorney is kept on retainer in country. Community outreach is provided each month as needed for illnesses and other severe needs as the tanzanian staff approves. Development of a new campus began in early 2021. A two-classroom building and a restroom were completed in 2021. In 2025, a building was completed that serves as a guardhouse, office, and kitchen. A perimeter security wall is under construction as of 2025. The american board approves financial reports of how funds were spent by the tanzanian board and provides funds based on itemized monthly expenses.
What it reported doing in 2025
Promote and sustain christian vocational training in mbuguni, tanzania
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 91
- Sustainability: 16
- Growth: 100
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: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -18.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20.9% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 34.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $210K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.