South East Asia Prayer Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251758752
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Oakmont, PA, USA
Phone
4128269063
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,837,806
Expenses
$3,673,893
Assets
$1,552,807
Liabilities
$436,937

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATTHEW GEPPERT (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MATTHEW GEPPERT (PRESIDENT): $65,352 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 establish and connect a global community of prayer that brings the hope and love of jesus christ into the world through parenting, healthcare, education and microeconomic development.

What it reported doing in 2025

Hispanic ministries: the hispanic training center in little rock Arkansas continues to function as a training center, as well as for food distribution and a church. The attack lambs books is the basis of teaching in the hispanic ministry in the central american countries and mexico. Prayer walking has been completed in every provincial capital city in mexico. Prayer and training has been mobilized nationwide. A training center began in guatemala that works with local pastors and community leaders in the most dangerous cities in guatemala to break the cycle of poverty, violence, and death.cares for kids: contributions are allocated to various needs for kids domestically and internationally. Building new destinies: is another seapc affiliate ministry. It is located in Arizona and ministers to refugees from africa. Bonnie lloyd heads up this ministry of hospitality and help (finding housing, furniture, food, clothing, language development, transportation, and friendship) to new families arriving in the us who she affectionately refers to as new americans. The youth group of her large church has embraced many of their teens.tibet: seapc provides heart care educational resources to the families who have received treatment for congenital heart disease from the government of china program and sponsors treatment for children who fall outside the parameters of the nationwide programnehemiah autism center: supplement training and supplies for teachings working with children and families living with autism

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 54% for direct work, and 46% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.5%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 96.6%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $444.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Limited
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 44.9%; rating input score 45; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.3%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.5% of revenue deployed · 96.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $65K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 37 of 39 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.