Oasis Ministry

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Charlotte, NC501(c)(3)ReligionEIN 56-2256412Revenue $175K in FY2025

On file with the IRSoasisministrybelize.com8022 Providence Rd Ste 500 Pmb 3301, 28277-8904 · Charlotte, NCTax-exempt since Jan 2003Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To provide aid to the people of Belize for educational needs physical needs and spiritual needs

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $23K a year · 8% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$19K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 85% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $62K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$75K
25% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 25% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$175K
-68% vs prior year
Spent
$329K
To programs
88%
Net assets
$224K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$175K
FY2025▼ -68%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$225K
FY2022$255K
FY2023$263K
FY2024$555K
FY2025$175K
Expenses
$329K
FY2025▲ +36%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$256K
FY2022$245K
FY2023$286K
FY2024$242K
FY2025$329K
Net assets
$224K
FY2025▼ -47%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$120K
FY2022$130K
FY2023$108K
FY2024$421K
FY2025$224K

From the FY2025 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 Jan 2003.

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

Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $290K Management & general 8% · $28K Fundraising 3% · $11K

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

4 people listed on the 990; $19K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Office Manager
$19,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Candice Oliff’s $19K as Office Manager is at the 15th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2133 $100K–1M religion 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Candice Oliff$19,000$36,396$33,363$33,363$36,396
Ronald Braaten————$11,674

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
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Supplies aid for education, physical needs, and spiritual well-being in Belize.

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3 programs · $109K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Team

We host teams from the U.S. to serve in the different areas of ministry. The fees that they pay are applied to the occupancy costs of the compound the fuel for transportation and the groceries for their meals.

$54Kprogram expense
02

Building Projects

We build houses for families that are in need. We paint the houses we build. We make repairs and put additions on houses of families in need.

$41Kprogram expense
03

Education

We run a preschool. We also coordinate the sponsorship by families and individuals in the U.S. of children in the village to pay for their school tuition books and supplies.

$14Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$62K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$175K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$126K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$49K
Money outPt IX
$329K
Ln 25
Programscol B$290K
Managementcol C$28K
Fundraisingcol D$11K
Owns and owesPt X
$224K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$178K
Total assetsLn 16$299K
LiabilitiesLn 26$75K
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$126K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$49K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$175K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$178K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$178K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$85K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$299K
LiabilitiesLn 26$75K
Net assetsLn 32$224K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 650
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$276K$178K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$127K$85K
Total assetsLn 16$431K$299K
LiabilitiesLn 26$10K$75K
Net assetsLn 32$421K$224K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$47K$28K$19K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$464$0$464$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$5K$759$4K$0
Information technologyLn 14$4K$0$4K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$26K$16K$0$11K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$0$0$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$224K$224K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$22K$22K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$329K$290K$28K$11K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $175K$329K−$154K$224K 990 PDF
FY2024 $555K$242K$313K$421K 990 PDF
FY2023 $263K$286K−$23K$108K 990 PDF
FY2022 $255K$245K$10K$130K 990 PDF
FY2021 $225K$256K−$31K$120K 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
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Part I · Summary $175,070 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $536,420$126,175
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $18,490$48,895
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $554,910$175,070
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $72,378$47,521
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $169,139$281,281
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $241,517$328,802
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $313,393−$153,732
Part VI · Governance 3 of 4 board members independent, 5 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members3
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 $175,070 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$126,175
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$126,175
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$48,895
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$175,070
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $328,802 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $28,057 · Management $19,000 · Fundraising $0$47,057
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $464 · Fundraising $0$464
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $759 · Management $4,059 · Fundraising $0$4,818
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $4,422 · Fundraising $0$4,422
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $15,868 · Management $0 · Fundraising $10,522$26,390
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $223,650 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$223,650
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $22,001 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$22,001
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $290,335 · Management $27,945 · Fundraising $10,522$328,802
Part X · Balance sheet $299,347 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $275,667$177,813
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $4,050$4,050
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $24,392$32,147
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $127,190$85,337
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $431,299$299,347
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $10,050$17,736
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$745
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $10,050$75,174
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $421,249$224,173
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $421,249$224,173
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $431,299$299,347
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $224,173 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$175,070
XI-2 Total expenses$328,802
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$153,732
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$421,249
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities−$43,344
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$224,173

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