The Inter-american Restoration Corp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371450226
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Abita Springs, LA, USA
Phone
6622134943
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,383,840
Expenses
$1,256,514
Assets
$709,829
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DON COLE (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DALTON HINES (BOARD MEMBER): $73,846 total reported compensation
  • TIM HINES (EXECUTIVE DI): $45,813 total reported compensation
  • CHASE TURNER (BOARD MEMBER): $28,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Economic & social development primarily in, but not limited to, honduras and central america.

What it reported doing in 2025

4.in 2025, reach 1 teach 1 (r1t1) and the church of christ in custerique experienced remarkable growth and impact. R1t1 expanded from 7 students in 2024 to 25 young people ages 16-24, offering training in barbering, carpentry, welding, and technology while intentionally discipling students in their faith. This spiritual investment resulted in 22 baptisms during the year, 15 of which were directly connected to r1t1 students. Alongside this, the church of christ in custerique has grown into a vibrant, multi- generational congregation with more than 50 adults attending weekly, 40-60 children participating in children's ministry each sunday, and 20-29 youth gathering weekly, supported by the training of two new youth leaders. Weekly discipleship continues for new believers, and bible studies are actively underway with more than 30 families throughout the community. In addition, the manos abiertas primary school was successfully launched, with three classrooms completed for first through third grade and more than 60 children enrolled in preschool and elementary levels. Altogether, 2025 reflects a fully launched trade institute, a thriving local church, dozens of baptisms, over a hundred people regularly engaged through church and school, and a growing movement of disciples and families being transformed in custerique, honduras. 5.spanish missions has had another successful and productive year. There are now over 200 students enrolled in our online training program all over the world. The spanish missions partnership with the herald of truth ministry called mesa (mission: evangelize spanish america) is growing fast. So far, there are now 43 active spanish ministries we are helping to grow across the u.s. And 67 more that have reached out to start something new or that we are contacting to work with. The goal for 2026 is to get to 50 active ministries please be praying as god continues to open doors and hearts to hearing, believing and sharing the story of jesus 6.the organization continued to oversee all program service accomplishments thru government relations and international law. Irc continues to be involved with ngos working in honduras and the honduran government. Irc managed property in honduras which houses its medical clinic and lodging accommodations for medical interns, retreats for honduran faith-based groups, honduran children's camps, and torch mission groups. Irc assisted several communities in managing and preserving water wells and clean water delivery systems.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 81% 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.
  • 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.6%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 87.7%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8,963.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.2%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.3%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.6% of revenue deployed · 87.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $74K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.