Thirsty Ground International
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 464341951
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Corpus Christi, TX, USA
- Phone
- 3616877264
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $383,443
- Expenses
- $372,213
- Assets
- $15,492
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DANIEL T SEM (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DANIEL T SEM (PRESIDENT)
- MARK SUMMERS (SECRETARY)
- SEAN HOPPER (TREASURER)
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
A Christian relief organization answering God’s call to help those suffering in hard-hit disaster areas worldwide through providing relief aid, compassionate charity, local church-centered development, and a tangible witness of the love of Christ. Our Mission Is To Help For God’s Glory PageLines-FRONT-MAIN-RefugeeBanner.jpgNot everyone is in a position to leave everything at a moment’s notice and go halfway across the world to help their neighbor in need. Sometimes, all you can do is watch the news, pray for those hit by such tragedy, and send support however you can. What Is Our Mission And Purpose Today?
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization exists for the public benefit and activities include any lawful exempt purpose, including but not limited to providing disaster relief domestically and internationally providing basic life necessities including but not limited to food, water and shelter providing charitable medical care and services relieving the poor, the distressed, or the underprivileged promulgating the advancement of religion furthering the advancement of education and combating community deterioration through development projects.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 56
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.8%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 96.6%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.9%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 93.8% of revenue deployed · 96.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $360K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.