Wema Ventures

What it reported doing in 2025

Wema Ventures 2025 990 PSAWema Ventures is engaged in spiritual and economic development. Wema provides training, equipping, facilitation and opportunities in economic development primarily through small to medium business ventures in Tanzania. We provide mentoring/coaching to local entrepreneurs and on the job training for men and women in a various local locations. Wema is involved in various businesses including oil shop, auto parts shops, auto repair shop, and various small agricultural ventures. Wema is active in the spiritual formation/growth of individuals through our spheres of influence.2025 saw Wema Ventures continue to train and equip in spiritual and economic development.Practical Training/Economic DevelopmentSupported projects and programs through at-distance and in-person coaching, assistance, collaboration, and consultationSupported Basic Utility Vehicles (BUVs) in the field. These BUVs support childrens homes, local schools, securing of drinking water, crops to market for subsistence farmers, medical clinics, local entrepreneurial businesses, local families operating transport services to their community. Hosted multiple groups of international and local people learning about land restoration techniquesFacilitated/assisted job skill development in metalworkFacilitated/assisted job skill development in auto mechanicsFacilitated/assisted job skill development in weldingTraining of local management staff in TanzaniaFacilitated/assisted expansion of poultry (meat and eggs) projectFacilitated/assisted expansion of dairy projectOngoing assistance to and training of new local entrepreneurial effortsConsultation work with young agricultural businessOngoing support/facilitation of beekeeping programOngoing support/facilitation and expansion of poultry projectOngoing support/facilitation of small scale dairy projectOngoing support/facilitation of sustainable agriculture modeling through land restoration projectsSpiritual formation/developmentPartnered with 24-7 Prayer and created 2 weeks of content for devotional app, Lectio 365, used by 300k listeners around the worldPartnered with 24-7 Prayer and created 3x weekly posts of devotional social media content for Order of the Mustard Seed, viewed by 180k viewersLed online spiritually developmental writing groups for international womenParticipated in International Leaders Gathering for 24-7Prayer in GermanyParticipated in All Africa gathering of 24-7Prayers initiative for Africa in S. AfricaParticipated in/contributed to monthly 24-7Prayer global communities online gatheringsReleased devotional Advent materialContinued relationships with young people we mentored in spiritual formation in PortugalContinued building into relationships in KenyaAdvised/assisted/partnered to further develop local community center supporting familiesthrough spiritual, mental and practical support, including producing informativesocial media posts and website developmentAdvising/supporting younger couples in cross cultural ministry Facilitated local prayer and spiritual life groups in US and TZRemote consulting/encouraging with like-minded practitionersProvided ongoing counseling with individuals and couplesEducation/Development/Environmental CareExtensive work done in land restoration, teaching by example regarding restoration effortswhere land has been severely abused and degraded through over grazing and bad agriculturalpractices, resulting in destructive erosion and loss of land value. Designed and completed more water catchment dams and ponds for rain harvesting, terracing, and run-off management.Toured interested parties around restoration site, including environmental organizations and localleadersAid/Community DevelopmentContinued partnership with local NGO, Savannas Forever, advising and assisting in their Community Based Native Plant Seed Initiative to develop rangelands restoration program, conceptualization and practical development, including multiple focus groups, connecting with res

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 68.7%; rating input score 69
• Program expense ratio: 71.2%; rating input score 71

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 3.6%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 46%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings