Shake the Nations Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 451582033
IRS 990 coverage: 2013–2025
Forms available: Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2011, Form 990-T 2021
Location: Apopka, FL, USA
Phone: 4077033776
Rating: 77
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Interfaith Coalitions
Affiliation: Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $3,975,670
Expenses: $4,305,984
Assets: $4,152,392
Liabilities: $1,914,435

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Highest reported compensation

NATHAN MORRIS (PRES/FOUNDER): $176,442 total reported compensation
SCOTT BOTTGER (TRUSTEE): $92,191 total reported compensation
RACHEL MORRIS (SECRETARY/TR): $48,065 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To further the kingdom of god through the preaching of the gospel of jesus christ.

What it reported doing in 2025

Shake the nations ministries, inc. Furthers the kingdom of god through preaching the gospel of jesus christ both in the united states and abroad through: (1) working with churches across the world to hold outreach services across europe, asia, north america, south america and central america, (2)traveling across the united states working with pastors and churches to empower believers and (3) developing humanitarian work around the world which includes church building programs, christmas toy appeals, water projects, and feeding programs.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 42% for direct work, and 58% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 97
Transparency & Controls: 69
Accountability: 57
Sustainability: 22
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 92.3%; rating input score 92
Fundraising efficiency: $435.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Fail
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

Operating margin: -8.3%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 7.4%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 19.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.3% of spending went to programs
Governance: 3 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $176K · 6 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
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.

Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.