Zoe International Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 911956146
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2013–2025
Forms available: Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location: Tyler, TX, USA
Rating: 73
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Protestant
Affiliation: Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue: $143,610
Expenses: $129,822
Assets: $39,419
Liabilities: $0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

MARK KENNEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

WILL TYRELL (BOARD MEMBER)
PATTY TYRELL (BOARD MEMBER)
DONALD GUNSTONE (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Bring glory to god through missions

What it reported doing in 2025

Bible studies, bible transalation, bible distribution, feeding programs, student sponsorship, livelihood assistance, widow support, evangelism, building projects, medical assist

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

SUPPORTED - 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: 56
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 44
Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 53.6%; rating input score 54
Program expense ratio: 59.3%; rating input score 59

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: 9.6%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 26.2%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 53.6% of revenue deployed · 59.3% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $77K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 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 54/100.
Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.