Civic Intelligence

Acts Ministry

990EZ • Fiscal year 2018 • EIN 42-1679613

Oct 01, 2017 to Sep 30, 2018 • Filed on Jan 29, 2019

Organization ProfileACTS-BURKINA.ORG
1921 Weston Hills Dr NWCleveland, TN 37312-2574

(630) 253-3300

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.

Liabilities / Assets

Score unavailable

No value available

Liabilities-to-assets requires both liabilities and assets on this filing.

Source year 2018

Liabilities / Revenue

61st percentile

0.00x

Higher debt load relative to revenue than 61% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Net Margin

24th percentile

-9.4%

Higher net margin than 24% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Top Officer Pay

76th percentile

$0

Higher top officer pay than 76% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Asset Growth

2nd percentile

-100%

Faster asset growth than 2% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2017 to 2018

Revenue Growth

7th percentile

-59%

Faster revenue growth than 7% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2017 to 2018

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / AssetsScore unavailable

Assets

Down

$0

Down $9,164 (-100%) from 2017

Net Assets

Down

-$454

Down $9,618 (-105%) from 2017

Liabilities

Up

$454

Up $454 from 2017

Revenue And Expenses
Liabilities / Revenue61st percentileNet Margin24th percentile

Revenue

Down

$102,103

Down $146,284 (-59%) from 2017

Expenses

Down

$111,721

Down $129,723 (-54%) from 2017

Net Income

Down

-$9,618

Down $16,561 (-239%) from 2017

Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth2nd percentile

The highlighted filing sits inside the broader history for assets, liabilities, and net assets.

$15K$10K$5.0K$0-$5.0KAssets 2011: $11,307Liabilities 2011: $02011Assets 2012: $10,869Liabilities 2012: $0Net Assets 2012: $10,8692012Assets 2013: $9,912Liabilities 2013: $0Net Assets 2013: $9,9122013Assets 2014: $3,549Liabilities 2014: $0Net Assets 2014: $3,5492014Assets 2015: $12,015Liabilities 2015: $0Net Assets 2015: $12,0152015Assets 2016: $2,221Liabilities 2016: $0Net Assets 2016: $2,2212016Assets 2017: $9,164Liabilities 2017: $0Net Assets 2017: $9,1642017Assets 2018: $0Liabilities 2018: $454Net Assets 2018: -$4542018Assets 2019: $5,454Liabilities 2019: $0Net Assets 2019: $5,4542019Assets 2020: $1,070Liabilities 2020: $0Net Assets 2020: $1,0702020Assets 2021: $0Liabilities 2021: $0Net Assets 2021: $02021

Highlighted filing

2018

Assets$0
Liabilities$454
Net Assets-$454
Open 2018 Filing

Operations Trend

Revenue Growth7th percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income across loaded years, with this filing highlighted.

$600K$400K$200K$0-$200KRevenue 2011: $158,429Expenses 2011: $151,238Net Income 2011: $7,1912011Revenue 2012: $210,477Expenses 2012: $210,915Net Income 2012: -$4382012Expenses 2013: $232,6952013Revenue 2014: $138,272Expenses 2014: $144,635Net Income 2014: -$6,3632014Revenue 2015: $189,967Expenses 2015: $181,501Net Income 2015: $8,4662015Revenue 2016: $513,388Expenses 2016: $523,182Net Income 2016: -$9,7942016Revenue 2017: $248,387Expenses 2017: $241,444Net Income 2017: $6,9432017Revenue 2018: $102,103Expenses 2018: $111,721Net Income 2018: -$9,6182018Revenue 2019: $60,571Expenses 2019: $54,663Net Income 2019: $5,9082019Revenue 2020: $16,145Expenses 2020: $20,529Net Income 2020: -$4,3842020Revenue 2021: $98Expenses 2021: $1,168Net Income 2021: -$1,0702021

Highlighted filing

2018

Revenue$102,103
Expenses$111,721
Net Income-$9,618
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Oct 1, 2017 to Sep 30, 2018
Signed
Jan 29, 2019
Return Version
2017v2.3
Gross Receipts
$102,103
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

A holistic ministry organized to meet the physical, spiritual and educational needs of underprivileged individuals currently in burkina faso.

A holistic ministry organized to meet the physical, spiritual and educational needs of the poor.

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INCLUDES LUNCH MEAL, CLOTHING, MEDICAL ATTENTION AND PROVIDED PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION AT THE ACTS CENTER FOR 780 CHILDREN LIVING WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO THE CENTER. ACTS ALSO PROVIDES VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR 100 VILLAGERS WHO WERE NEVER ABLE TO ATTEND OR DO NOT DESIRE FORMAL EDUCATION. DURING TIMES OF FOOD SHORTAGES, SOME FOOD IS ALSO GIVEN TO PRISONS, WIDOWS AND STUDENTS IN OTHER DISTRICTS. A LIBRARY, A COMPUTER LAB AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES WERE ADDED TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' EDUCATION.ELLEL MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS, LABORATORY TESTING, ULTRA-SOUND TESTING, IN- AND OUT-PATIENT TREATMENT AT AN AFFORDABLE COST FOR VILLAGERS. ELLEL IS THE ONLY MEDICAL FACILITY FOR THE DISTRICT OF KOMSILGA WITH A POPULATION OF 48,000+. FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS WHO ARE APPROVED, MEDICAL ATTENTION IS FREE. PRE- AND POST-NATAL AND MATERNITY CARE IS GIVEN TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN. A SURGERY FACILITY WAS ADDED TO THE ELLEL MEDICAL CENTER IN 2018.TEMPLE EVANGELIQUE EL ROI SERVES THE COMMUNITY IN SPIRITUAL TRAINING AND WORSHIP. EVANGELISM PROJECTS REACH OUT TO THE NON-CHURCHED. CHURCH PROVIDES SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE FOR STUDENTS IN ACTS' SCHOOLS. ANNUAL SPORTS EVANGELISM PROJECT REACHES THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT WHO ATTEND A DOZEN OR MORE SCHOOLS IN OTHER VILLAGES. EVANGELISM AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING COURSES ARE HELD FOR PASTORS, LEADERS AND STUDENTS. DURING TIMES OF COUNTRY-WIDE DIFFICULTIES, TEMPLE EVANGELIQUE EL ROI INITIATES PRAYER MEETINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ACTS LAUNCHED A SECOND CHURCH IN A REMOTE RURAL AREA OF THE DISTRICT OF KOMSILGA AND PROVIDES PASTORS AND TRAINING FOR LEADERS.WRITING AND PUBLISHING IS ENCOURAGED THROUGH WRITER TRAINING, CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND CREATIVE ARTS EXHIBIT IN THE CAPITAL CITY WHICH WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, PRINTING OF WRITING PROJECTS IN FRENCH, ENGLISH AND LOCAL LANGUAGES BY LOCAL WRITERS, PRINTING SERVICES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. BOOKS PUBLISHED ARE ALSO USED BY ACTS LITERACY AND OTHER PROJECTS. PUBLISHED MATERIAL IS GIVEN TO PRISONS AND SCHOOLS AND SOLD IN LOCAL BOOKSTORES.COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT ACTS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (BDC BURKINA FASO) IS A PROJECT TO ENCOURAGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP. IT IS A PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY REGENT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH, VA AND ADAPTED FOR BURKINA FASO BY OUR OWN TRAINED STAFF. THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH REGENT UNIVERSITY, ACTS IN BURKINA FASO IS THE LEGAL ENTITY FOR THE BDC BURKINA FASO. ALONG WITH THE CURRICULUM, VISITING BUSINESSMEN FROM BURKINA FASO, AFRICA, EUROPE AND THE USA TELL OF THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND GIVE ADVICE TO STUDENTS. STUDENTS DEVELOP THEIR BUSINESS AND LAUNCH IT AS PART OF THE COURSEWORK. LITERACY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN TO SCHOOL OR DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR WOMEN AS BURKINA FASO'S LITERACY RATE IS THE LOWEST IN THE WORLD (15.7% OF WOMEN CAN READ AND WRITE). UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE AND SUCCESSFULLY TAKING A GOVERNMENT EXAM, STUDENTS RECEIVE A GOVERNMENT CERTIFICATE WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO VOTE, OWN LAND OR LAUNCH A BUSINESS. CLASSES CAN BE TAKEN IN MOORE (LOCAL LANGUAGE) AND FRENCH (THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE).MICRO-ENTERPRISE IMPACTS WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN. THE PROJECT PROVIDES CLASSES AND LOANS TO START SMALL ENTERPRISES SUCH AS GROWING VEGETABLES FOR MARKET, RAISING RABBITS FOR FOOD, WEAVING CLOTH AND SEWING CLOTHES FOR SALE. PROFITS ARE DIVIDED AMONG PARTICIPANTS AND A PORTION REPAID TOWARDS THE PROJECT EXPENSES TO ALLOW OTHER WOMEN TO BEGIN THEIR OWN PROJECT. MOST WOMEN USE THEIR PROFIT TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.PEACE AND RECONCILIATION SEMINARS, PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING, FORUMS TO ADDRESS CULTURAL AND CURRENT SOCIAL ISSUES SUCH AS WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S RIGHTS, COOPERATION AMONG VILLAGERS TO FACE COMMON ISSUES AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH IN BOTH RURAL AND URBAN SETTINGS. WITH TERRORIST ACTIVITY A POSSIBILITY, THIS PROGRAM FORMS A FOUNDATION FOR PEACE.GOSPEL THROUGH STORYTELLING EMPOWERS VILLAGERS TO BECOME EVANGELISTS IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. THE CULTURE OF BURKINA FASO IS AN ORAL SOCIETY AND THIS PROJECT FOCUSSES ON THOSE WHO CANNOT READ. THE PROJECT USES PICTURES, SONG AND DRAMA. IT ENCOURAGES THOSE WHO CANNOT READ TO BECOME TEACHERS AND ENCOURAGES THOSE WHO LISTEN AND WATCH TO LEARN.BIRTH AND MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES ARE OBTAINED WITH THE COOPERATING EFFORTS OF ACTS'S STAFF AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. WITHOUT THESE DOCUMENTS, WIDOWS AND ORPHANS CANNOT ATTEND HIGHER LEVELS OF SCHOOL, TRAVEL OR OWN PROPERTY WHEN THE MALE HEAD OF THE HOUSE DIES.HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION IS BUILT INTO THE ACTS PROGRAM SO THAT THE ORPHANS AND VILLAGE MEN AND WOMEN WILL COME TO UNDERSTAND MERCY AND JUSTICE. ACTS MEETS WITH VILLAGE LEADERS TO DISCUSS ISSUES RELEVANT TO THE COMMUNITY. ISSUES SUCH AS FEMALE GENITAL MUTATION, CHILD BRIDES, DEALING WITH TERRORISM IN THE AFTERMATH AND THE STIGMA OF AIDS WIDOWS AND ORPHANS. ACTS AIM IS TO SUPPORT AND EQUIP VILLAGERS TO BECOME AGENTS OF TRANSFORMATION AND POSITIVE CHANGE.GRAIN AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION IS GRANTED (WHEN ACTS HAS ENOUGH FOOD AND GRAIN IN STORAGE) TO PRE-QUALIFIED FAMILIES/WIDOWS/SCHOOLS/PRISONS DURING FAMINE AND THE ANNUAL "LEAN TIMES" OF THE YEAR. IN BURKINA FASO, 90% OF THE POPULATION ARE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS AND BARELY SURVIVE FROM YEAR TO YEAR. THE CLIMATE OF BURKINA FASO IS PRONE TO NATURAL DISASTERS THAT AFFECT FOOD PRODUCTION.$85,993$99,755
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay76th percentile

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
SHARYL SIEHPresidentFT$0--
DENNIS SIEHSecretary/TreasurerPT$0--
ISRAEL ROLAND ILBOUDOMemberPT$0--
CHRIS TOMLINSONMember-$0--
TERRI COXMember-$0--
ALEXANDER RAYNERMember-$0--
FELICIA RATLEDGEMember-$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Acts Ministry
EIN
42-1679613
Phone
6302533300
Address
1921 WESTON HILLS DR NW, CLEVELAND, TN 37312-2574

Signing Officer

Name
Sharyl Sieh
Title
President
Phone
6302533300
Signed
2019-01-29
Discuss with paid preparer
Yes

Preparer

Firm
DUGAN & LOPATKA CPA'S PC
Address
4320 WINFIELD ROAD SUITE 450, WARRENVILLE, IL 60555-4036
Preparer
Ron Marklund
Phone
6306654440
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 10 - Grants and Similar Amounts Paid

“Activity classification: . Grantee name: action chretienne, tous pour la solidarite (acts). Grantee address: 04 bp 8095 ouagadougou 04, burkina faso. Amount given: 85,993.”

Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 16 - Other Expenses

“Description: miscellaneous. Amount: 358. Description: office expenses, bank fees, computer and office supplies. Amount: 3,528. Description: travel. Amount: 4,292. Total to form 990-ez, line 16: 8,178.”

Form 990-ez, Part II, Line 26 - Other Liabilities

“Description: bank overdraft. Beg. Of year amount: 0. End of year amount: 454.”

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IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt1DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS. AMOUNT: 358. DESCRIPTION: OFFICE EXPENSES, BANK FEES, COMPUTER AND OFFICE SUPPLIES. AMOUNT: 3,528. DESCRIPTION: TRAVEL. AMOUNT: 4,292. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 8,178.
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt2DESCRIPTION: BANK OVERDRAFT. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 0. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 454.
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2018 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$454
Net assets
-$454
Revenue
$102,103
Expenses
$111,721
Net income
-$9,618
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2021Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.01$0.01
2020Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.01$0.00$0.01$0.16$0.21$0.04
2019Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.05$0.00$0.05$0.61$0.55$0.06
2018Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.00$0.00$0.00$1.02$1.12$0.10
2017Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.09$0.00$0.09$2.48$2.41$0.07
2016Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.02$0.00$0.02$5.13$5.23$0.10
2015Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.12$0.00$0.12$1.90$1.82$0.08
2014Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.04$0.00$0.04$1.38$1.45$0.06
2013Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$0.10$0.00$0.10$2.33
2012Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.11$0.00$0.11$2.10$2.11$0.00
2011Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.11$0.00$1.58$1.51$0.07