Wings as Eagles Ministries

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Caputa, SD501(c)(3)Since 1994Human ServicesEIN 84-1403727Revenue $1.2M in FY2025

On file with the IRSwaeministries.comPo Box 207, 57725-0207 · Caputa, SDTax-exempt since Nov 1997Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Waem is a non-denominational evangelical ministry and relief organization. Working with the first nations people, bringing love and hope to our forgotten lands. The mission of waem is to extend the evangelistic calling by proclaiming the gospel of our lord jesus christ to all we can by every effective means available to US and by equipping other native brothers and sisters to DO the same. To promote positive healthy environments and communities on the reservations to produce a productive lifestyle for the native people.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 93 volunteers and 2 employees.
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 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $21K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 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
$85K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 97% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $15K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$794K
41% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 41% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
1
of 3 voting members
Worth a look: 1 of 3 voting members are independent, under half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.2M
+14% vs prior year
Spent
$1.2M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$1.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2025▲ +14%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.1M
FY2021$3.7M
FY2022$2.2M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.2M
Expenses
$1.2M
FY2025▲ +10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.0M
FY2021$3.5M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.2M
Net assets
$1.2M
FY2025▼ -3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.2M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1997.

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% · $1.1M Management & general 7% · $88K Fundraising 4% · $56K

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

3 people listed on the 990; $85K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director / President, Trea
$42,695Pt VII · Sec A
Director / Secretary
$42,227Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Loretta McAfee’s $43K as Director / President, Trea is at the 3rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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
Loretta McAfee$42,695$46,257$46,945$34,919$19,200$22,657
Garold McAfee$42,227$35,063$45,939$42,151$21,050$27,371

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Brings love and hope to Native children on forgotten lands.

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1 program · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Distributed personal care items, food, clothing and basic necessities to over 15,000 native people on reservations in montana, wyoming and south dakota.

$1.1Mprogram expense

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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 2 funders$15K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$51K
Money outPt IX
$1.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$88K
Fundraisingcol D$56K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$961K
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$794K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$935K
Investment incomeLn 3$51K
Gains on assetsLn 7$47K
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$4K
SavingsLn 2$957K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$961K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$975K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$794K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 693
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$137K$961K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.8M$975K
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$959K$794K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$85K$51K$8K$25K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$11K$6K$1K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$6K$4K$650$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$2K$300$901
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$9K$1K$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$8K$8K$105
Advertising and promotionLn 12$309$309
Office expensesLn 13$1K$727$358
Information technologyLn 14$3K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$95K$9K$69K$17K
TravelLn 17$11K$5K$6K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$67K$67K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$937K$937K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.2M$1.1M$88K$56K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.2M$1.2M−$36K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.1M$1.1M−$66K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.2M$1.4M−$119K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.2M$2.3M−$44K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.7M$3.5M$120K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $4.1M$4.0M$17K$1.3M 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 $1,206,352 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,016,381$1,155,821
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $42,225$50,531
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,058,606$1,206,352
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 $98,499$102,148
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,026,285$1,140,526
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,124,784$1,242,674
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$66,178−$36,322
Part VI · Governance 1 of 3 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members1
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,206,352 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,155,821
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$935,225
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,155,821
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $3,739$3,739
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $46,792$46,792
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $50,531$1,206,352
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,242,674 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $50,953 · Management $8,492 · Fundraising $25,477$84,922
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $6,437 · Management $1,073 · Fundraising $3,219$10,729
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,898 · Management $650 · Fundraising $1,949$6,497
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,803 · Management $300 · Fundraising $901$3,004
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $8,872 · Management $1,479 · Fundraising $4,436$14,787
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,048 · Fundraising $105$8,153
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $309$309
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $727 · Management $358$1,085
IX-14 Information technologyFundraising $3,090$3,090
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $9,404 · Management $68,913 · Fundraising $16,601$94,918
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,885 · Management $6,345$11,230
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $66,796$66,796
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $937,154$937,154
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,099,286 · Management $87,610 · Fundraising $55,778$1,242,674
Part X · Balance sheet $1,946,606 assets, 11 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $3,823; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,655$4,178
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $132,693$956,650
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,777,128$975,483
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $7,056$6,472
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $222,776$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,148,131$1,946,606
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,518$1,664
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $959,285$794,082
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,188,846$1,152,524
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,188,846$1,152,524
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,148,131$1,946,606
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,152,524 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,206,352
XI-2 Total expenses$1,242,674
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$36,322
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,188,846
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,152,524

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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