Sower of Seeds International Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 870657642
IRS 990 coverage: 2014–2025
Forms available: Form 990 2025
Location: Keller, TX, USA
Phone: 8178980262
Rating: 70
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Christianity
Affiliation: Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue: $11,297,404
Expenses: $10,371,879
Assets: $3,965,308
Liabilities: $898,383

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Thomas Dwayne Weehunt (President)

Highest reported compensation

Thomas Dwayne Weehunt (President): $104,468 total reported compensation
Christie Anthony (Executive Dir.): $90,000 total reported compensation
Leslie C Weehunt (Secretary): $69,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

SOS provides assistance to poor and marginalized people in the USA & other countries. SOS feeds the hungry, drills water wells, contributes to schools and operates an orphanage. SOS also rescues and rehabilitates victims of sex trafficking.

What it reported doing in 2025

SOS provides assistance to the poor & marginalized people in Asia and around the world. SOS accomplishes this through six main programs: SOS drills water wells, feeds & educates children in slums and operates an orphanage. SOS rescues and rehabilitates victims of human trafficking and responds to natural disasters.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 92% of its reported program spending out as grants.

Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 80
Transparency & Controls: 54
Accountability: 76
Sustainability: 42
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 79.7%; rating input score 80
Program expense ratio: 86.8%; rating input score 87
Fundraising efficiency: $23.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Claims monitoring procedures: Limited
- 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: 8.6%; rating input score 9; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: 8.2%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 2.5%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 79.7% of revenue deployed · 86.8% of spending went to programs
Governance: 6 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $9M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $104K · 12 people listed
Consistency: 32 of 35 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 25 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 21 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.

High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 9/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
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.
Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.