Tel-a-village International Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208586911
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- New Baltimore, MI, USA
- Phone
- 5867162203
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $72,004
- Expenses
- $74,353
- Assets
- $60,032
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PHILIP MYERS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- PHILIP MYERS (PRESIDENT)
- JOHN MCCARTHY (MEMBER)
- JONATHAN POINTER (MEMBER)
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
Evangelical teaching with the gospels of jesus christ
What it reported doing in 2025
Missionary teachings to the people of indonesia
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 72% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.9%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 84.2%; rating input score 84
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.3%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.9% of revenue deployed · 84.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $63K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.