Simba Educational Ministries FY2023 filing

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Garretson, SD501(c)(3)Since 2015EducationEIN 47-4826706Revenue $407K in FY2023

On file with the IRSsimbaministries.comPo Box 193, 57030-0193 · Garretson, SDTax-exempt since Aug 2015Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Simba Educational Ministries mission is to further the Kingdom of God by equipping and empowering Kenyan children with the boldness of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the Gospel, through a Christ-centered education.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$24K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $11K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$24K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $6K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1K
0.5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$407K
+19% vs prior year
Spent
$422K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$250K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$407K
FY2023▲ +19%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$331K
FY2021$325K
FY2022$342K
FY2023$407K
FY2024$361K
FY2025$636K
Expenses
$422K
FY2023▲ +58%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$334K
FY2021$261K
FY2022$267K
FY2023$422K
FY2024$394K
FY2025$658K
Net assets
$250K
FY2023▼ -5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$127K
FY2021$190K
FY2022$265K
FY2023$250K
FY2024$217K
FY2025$196K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2015.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $385K Management & general 8% · $35K Fundraising 1% · $2K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $24K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Treasurer
$18,000Pt VII · Sec A
President
$6,000Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Chase Ward’s $32K as President is at the 25th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Chase Ward$32,487$18,500$6,000$6,000——
Annie Ward$18,000$18,000$18,000$18,000$9,000$6,375

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Equips Kenyan children with Christ-centered education to empower them for the Gospel.

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3 programs · $115K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Family Strengthening Our Family Strengthening is working with the families in our sponsorship program to make sure the child has a safe environment to come back home to. This program consists of 8 social workers that do frequent follow up visits to the homes.

$58Kprogram expense
02

Guest House We have finished our mission house in Kenya. This is a 8,000 square foot building that is a 10 room and 13 bathroom house that will accommodate our 4 mission teams that will be coming over through out the year.

$46Kprogram expense
03

Sponsorships In our Simba Sponsorship program we have 350 children that we sponsor to different elementary, middle and high schools around Kenya. Our sponsorship dollars cover food, shelter, family social worker, and uniform for a child to focus on school.

$12Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$6K
Grants paid · 3 grants · $124K · 2022–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$40,455
Unitemized GrantFY2023$50,409
Unitemized GrantFY2022$33,255

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$407K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$407K
Investment incomeLn 3$1
Money outPt IX
$422K
Ln 25
Programscol B$385K
Managementcol C$35K
Fundraisingcol D$2K
Owns and owesPt X
$250K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$252K
Total assetsLn 16$252K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$407K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$3K
Investment incomeLn 3$1
Total revenueLn 12$407K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$251K
SavingsLn 2$295
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$252K
Total assetsLn 16$252K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
Net assetsLn 32$250K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 611
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$265K$252K
Total assetsLn 16$265K$252K
LiabilitiesLn 26$460$1K
Net assetsLn 32$265K$250K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$50K$50K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$313K$313K
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$24K$4K$18K$1K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$11K$11K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2K$2K$120$480
Payroll taxesLn 10$3K$1K$1K$94
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$433$433
Office expensesLn 13$7K−$49$7K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$777$777
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19−$680−$680
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5K$3K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$422K$385K$35K$2K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $636K$658K−$22K$196K 990 PDF
FY2024 $361K$394K−$33K$217K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $407K$422K−$15K$250K 990 PDF
FY2022 $342K$267K$74K$265K 990 PDF
FY2021 $325K$261K$63K$190K 990 PDF
FY2020 $331K$334K−$3K$127K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $407,286 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $341,582$407,295
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1$1
I-11 Other revenue−$10
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $341,583$407,286
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $221,368$363,843
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $26,831$39,786
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $18,929$18,179
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $267,128$421,808
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $74,455−$14,522
Part VI · Governance 5 of 7 board members independent, 5 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $407,286 across 5 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$10 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$3,327
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$403,968
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$407,295
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1$1
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax −$9$407,286
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $421,808 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $50,409$50,409
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $313,434$313,434
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $4,500 · Management $18,300 · Fundraising $1,200$24,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $10,677$10,677
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,800 · Management $120 · Fundraising $480$2,400
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,185 · Management $1,430 · Fundraising $94$2,709
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $2,979$2,979
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $433$433
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms −$49 · Management $6,916$6,867
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelManagement $777$777
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement −$680−$680
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $3,002$3,002
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,038 · Management $1,763$4,801
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $384,994 · Management $34,607 · Fundraising $2,207$421,808
Part X · Balance sheet $251,541 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $264,378$251,246
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $983$295
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $265,361$251,541
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $460$1,162
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $460$1,162
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $124,597$117,915
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $140,304$132,464
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $264,901$250,379
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $265,361$251,541
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $250,379 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$407,286
XI-2 Total expenses$421,808
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$14,522
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$264,901
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$250,379

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