Wild (Winning in Life Daily) Ministries
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300090417
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- Mankato, MN, USA
- Phone
- 5073888086
- Rating
- 59
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Protestant
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $67,381
- Expenses
- $93,922
- Assets
- $451,965
- Liabilities
- $766
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MAVIS KURKWOSKI (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- MAVIS KURKWOSKI (PRESIDENT): $19,700 total reported compensation
- BECKY HAINLEN (SECRETARY/TREASURER): $9,615 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
It is our primary focus to teach principles from god's word that will inspire, encourage, and ultimately bring transformation to the lives of individuals. Through inspirational messages we hope to bring individuals into a deeper realization of god's love and provision for them which in turn will bring change into their own lives. We also endeavor to be an encouragement to those serving as pastors and in a ministerial capacity. It is our desire to provide messages which assist in the building up of the local church as well as the building up of its leadership, this is accomplished through prayer and the ministry of the word of god.
What it reported doing in 2025
Through inspirational messages we hope to bring individuals into a deeper realization of god's love and provision for them through teaching the word of god in a live setting. We reached others through our prison ministry, bible studies, our mobile ministry school (foundations theological institiute), product ministry, social media ministry, website ministry, newsletter ministries, podcasts, radio ministry, and online bible studies. We offer zoom bible studies, stronger social media presence through videos and live posts, an online option for our mobile school, and online pulpit filling for pastors.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 46
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 44
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 58.2%; rating input score 58
- Program expense ratio: 41.7%; rating input score 42
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 60%; rating input score 60; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -39.4%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.81; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 31.2%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 58.2% of revenue deployed · 41.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $39K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $20K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 58/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.