Reaching Hearts International Church
Legal name: Reaching Hearts International Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 621813479
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Laurel, MD, USA
- Phone
- 3015491889
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,229,281
- Expenses
- $1,148,741
- Assets
- $4,321,016
- Liabilities
- $120,535
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Michael Oxentenko (President)
People named in this filing
- Michael Oxentenko (President)
- Mervyn John (Board Chairman)
- John Domm (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Reaching Hearts International Church is a diverse, Christian community dedicated to the world-wide proclamation of the everlasting gospel of Jesus Christ, committed to preach and teach the three angels' message (Revelation 14: 6-12) to prepare His people for the soon return of Jesus Christ. Throughout the year, we also plan a variety of child friendly events such as: camping trips, game nights, holiday plays, mission trips, feeding the homeless, and more! Click here** to learn more about opportunities for youth. **Follow our events calendar** on Facebook for event notices. Every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month there is a Vegetarian Fellowship Potluck. Everyone is welcome to join us. There is also a table of food items available for vegans. Potluck usually begins at 1:00 p.m. following the close of church service. What happens after the worship service? We have a busy calendar and...
What it reported doing in 2025
Congregational Support Services Congregation property expenses providing the following services: Bible Study and Young Adult outreach; Bible Study and worship services for 10 to 50 people each Wednesday; congregation worship services for 200 to 250 people each weekend; Bible Sudy services for 10 to 20 people each MOnday; regular Bible study groups of 15 to 20 people; Bible Study at the World Bank for 7 to 15 people each Wednesday; and Homeless outreach ministry to approximately 500 individuals during the year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.2%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 98.5%; rating input score 99
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.6%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.76; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 92.2% of revenue deployed · 98.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2014 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.