The Least of These

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300032449
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$66,424
Expenses
$64,404
Assets
$108,151

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • REGINALD R RICHMOND (President)

People named in this filing

  • REGINALD R RICHMOND (President)
  • SHERREL R RICHMOND (Secretary)
  • ANGIE RETHERFORD (Director)

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

The least of these is a ministry focusing on children and adults in ukraine and belize through evangelistic programs. We are reaching the lost and forgotten for christ.we have successfully partnered with loal churches enabling nationals to minister to nationals. Our volunteer american staff keeps administrative and operational costs at a minimum, allowing more financial resources to go to the ministries in ukraine and belize.building on this history, the least of these, through prayer and gifts, will continue to reach and disciple children, youth and adults of ukraine and belize, showing the love of god in word and deed.

What it reported doing in 2025

The least of these has continued sharing the word of god to children and adults in ukraine and belize. In 2022 the least of these began a humanitarian aide program helping the people of ukraine who have been impacted by the war.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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.

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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.68; rating input score 61; 61st 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: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $64K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.