Waymaker Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853186830
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Phone
8434212963
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$32,244
Expenses
$18,779
Assets
$15,541

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TIM HOLT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TIM HOLT (PRESIDENT)
  • BROWN BETHUNE (VICE PRESIDE)
  • KAREN HOLT (SECRETARY/TR)

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

Waymaker ministries exists to futher the gospel of jesus christ and the kingdon of god through distribution of christian literature to the public, evangelizing, teaching, holding events, sharing the gospel of jesus christ by helping needy persons, serving as a mission board and offering counsel, receiving and obtaining donations, goods and funds, and assisting other charitable and religious endeavors, including the making of distributions to other 501 c 3 organizations.

What it reported doing in 2025

Pastor tim is currently leading a weekly bible study with christian business leaders in the community. Waymaker ministries is actively supporting new church plants, speaking at churches and groups encouraging people how to follow jesus effectively. We are also researching other ministries, those who may be in need and ways to be of support.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.9%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 41.8%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 53.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -36.3% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -44.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.9% of revenue deployed · 85.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.