The Thai Christian Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
751730295
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Austin, TX, USA
Phone
2534052795
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$151,029
Expenses
$244,530
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHARI MONSON JACKSON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SHARI MONSON JACKSON (PRESIDENT)
  • CHARLOTTE MALARCHICK (TREASURER)
  • JENNIFER NICKELS (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Thai christian foundation (tcf) works to partner, support, and encourage dynamic organizations while being available to inspire, develop, and launch new creative avenues to share god's love in tangible ways.

What it reported doing in 2024

Education support for student scholars. Support of christian communications institute (cci), using modern and traditional art forms to communicate the gospel in ways easily understood by the thai people and to provide models for positive social and family life. Strengthening partnerships in support of the restoration and the ongoing mission of the cha-am mission cottages. Visited and provided meals for the deaf school in chiang mai. Supported cleft lip and palate sugeries and speech therapies. Additional medical support further provided by way of new prosthesis. We partner with thai leaders through zera ministry:. They continue to strengthen their communities through thriving medical mission, music ministry at cheshire home, and many community and church development projects. Support for local churches along the thai-burma (myanmar) border which includes pastoral care and outreach to churches in the umphang, bueng klueng, saw mae and laytongku and several other villages. Encouragement for residents of cheshire home for those with disabilities, through music ministry, special activities, and handicraft projects. Lao song, sam yek, and nakhon pathom ministries are experiencing renewal and community building amidst the hard times, and we remain a part of the christian outreach there. Support quarterly for the house of blessing in thailand which takes care of children whose parents are in prison; provides a half-way home for at risk youth; assists people coming out of prisons through vocational, educational, and gospel training, and direct job placement; provides in prison programming and visitation for prisoners and has a growing dynamic church both outside and inside the prisons. Support for the children's book program, "born free and equal". Local church support for a church that has become multi-ethnic with thai, chinese, pa-oh, shan, lahu, lawa-wa, and akha.

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 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 90.4%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -61.9%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -16.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $221K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.