Ruth's Shawl
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208380127
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Salinas, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8314841694
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Development
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $146,434
- Expenses
- $149,876
- Assets
- $244,600
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- PAUL SISEMORE (CHAIRMAN)
- ROBERT TREAT (TREASURER)
- JANICE HARE (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
As god leads and provides, ruth's shawl, as ambassadors for christ, will proclaim his gospel, and demonstrate his love in various ways to the men, women, and children of malawi, africa.
What it reported doing in 2025
During 2025, ruth's shawl continued its efforts to bring the gospel of jesus christ to villages in malawi, africa, through adult literacy programs, jesus film and proclaimers (broadcasts of the new testament). Week-long outreach to the villages usually involves three to five people, not including visiting teams of up to fourteen people. Teaching and discipling are currently going on at the teaching center in chorwe.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.6%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 92.4%; rating input score 92
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.6% of revenue deployed · 92.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $139K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.