Planted Seed Ministry
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 830694230
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Romeoville, IL, USA
- Phone
- 6305014999
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Foster Care
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $12,048
- Expenses
- $12,181
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jesus Mateo (President)
- Darcy Mateo (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Jesus Mateo (President)
- Darcy Mateo (Executive Director)
- Jasmine Mateo (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
TPS Ministry, Inc. is organized exclusively for religious, charitable, and educational purposes as defined under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Corporation exists to establish and operate ministries that: 1. Provide worship services, discipleship, and leadership development through Heirs of Promise Fellowship. 2. Partner with churches and communities to plant ministry impact through Seeds of Hope. 3. Supply material, financial, and emergency support through Wellspring Resources. 4. Educate and empower youth through Kingdom Youth Wealth Builders.
What it reported doing in 2025
Served 40 children and 20 families with back to school supplies, Christmas gifts and essential resources. Built strong partnerships with local churches to serve more families in the community
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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.1%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 62.4%; rating input score 62
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.1%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 65.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -100% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.1% of revenue deployed · 62.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.