Our Own Home Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
261341493
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2012
Location
Casper, WY, USA
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$218,787
Expenses
$143,377
Assets
$301,642
Liabilities
$1,487

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HOLLY MIZELL (Vice President)
  • JOSEPH MIZELL (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOSEPH MIZELL (President): $47,850 total reported compensation
  • HOLLY MIZELL (Vice President): $19,319 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our Own Home Ministries International exists to support and raise funds for Our Own Home, an orphanage for children living with HIV/AIDS in Jinja, Uganda, East Africa. The children are housed, fed, educated, provided medical care and loved.

What it reported doing in 2014

Our Own Home Ministries International, the 501(c)3 corporation, exists to provide charitable support to Our Own Home in Jinja, Uganda, East Africa. Our Own Home is a home for orphans living with HIV/AIDS. To date, all the funds and resources for the home have been donated by churches and private individuals and businesses.Our exempt purpose through the activities of this home is consistent (at the minimum) with the following descriptions in the IRS definitions for 501(c)3 charitable organizations including: -relief of the poor, the distressed or the underprivileged -advancement of religion -lessening the burdens of government -combating community deterioration and juvenile deliquency

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.5%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.5%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.1; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 46.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -9.1% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 0 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $143K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $48K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2011 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.