World Mission Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581488152
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2010
Location
El Paso, TX, USA
Phone
9155031104
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$42,578
Expenses
$42,910
Assets
$295,808
Liabilities
$38,546

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DONALD CABBAGE (CEO)
  • TIFANNY SCHNEIDER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DONALD CABBAGE (CEO)
  • TIFANNY SCHNEIDER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • FRED ADAMS (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide social, family, spiritual and educational services for the deaf community.

What it reported doing in 2023

The society has connected internet access through microsoft teams to deaf pastors in mexico from 18 churches in 18 cities. Weekly bible classes are conducted to assist under trained pastors in bible knowledge and pastoral skills. Also in the us the deaf churches (el paso bauptist church for the deaf and miracle sign deaf church) broadcast the weekly bible study and classes on facebook at no cost to observers of the program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

MIXED - 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 6
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.2%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 71.6%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.8%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.89; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -37.2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.2% of revenue deployed · 71.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Independent members within voting members did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.