Connie Ware Music Evangelism Association Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO PROMOTE EVANGELISM THROUGH CHRISTIAN MUSIC MINISTRY
- Income
- $152,452
- Spending
- $125,585
- Reserves
- 9.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 90 out of 100. Higher than 78% of charities in its peer group (religion, under $250k).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 9.6 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 1% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 18% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $124,729 spent. PROVIDED CHRISTIAN MUSIC WORSHIP LEADERSHIP AND EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH EVEN AS THE WAR IN UKRAINE CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE PRESIDENT OF THIS ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATED IN TWO ONLINE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EVANGELISM EVENTS TO UKRAINIANS WHICH WERE HELD IN MARCH AND SEPTEMBER 2024. EACH OF THESE EVENTS INVOLVED FIVE DAYS OF DAILY CLASSES, PLUS LESSON WRITING AND EDITING BEFOREHAND AND STUDENT EMAILING FOLLOWING. THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION BEGAN MEETING ONLINE WEEKLY ON THURSDAYS WITH A GROUP OF UKRAINIAN YOUNG ADULTS TO STUDY THE GOSPEL OF MARK. THIS INVOLVED AT LEAST TWO DAYS A WEEK OF WRITING LESSONS FOR THIS STUDY AS WELL AS MAKING GOOGLE SLIDE PRESENATIONS FOR THE LESSONS. IN ADDITION, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION INITIATED A SECOND ONLINE CLASS MEETING EACH MONDAY IN THE STUDY OF THE GOSPEL OF MARK. ALTHOUGH THIS SECOND ONLINE CLASS IN THE STUDY OF THE GOSPEL OF MARK UTILIZED LESSONS PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME WAS SPENT EACH WEEK EDITING AND IMPROVING THE MATERIAL USED IN THE CLASSES.MUSIC WORSHIP LEADERSHIP WAS PROVIDED TO PRAISE TEAMS (INCLUDING THREE REHEARSALS EACH) ON FOUR OCCASIONS. FROM MAY THROUGH DECEMBER 2024 THERE WAS CONCENTRATED MINISTRY TO A SINGLE WOMAN AND HER TWO CHILDREN WHO WERE ON THE VERGE OF BECOMING HOMELESS. MUCH TIME WAS SPENT IN GOSPEL CONVERSATIONS, DISCUSSIONS OF LIFE-SKILLS AND SETTING GOALS FOR HER FUTURE IN ADDITION TO MAKING CERTAIN SHE HAD FOOD AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION TO ALL EVENTS AT CHURCH. THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION WAS AGAIN ALLOWED AN OPPORTUNITY TO MINISTER IN-PERSON IN UKRAINE DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024. EVEN AS THE WAR RAGED IN UKRAINE, 318 STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM AN IN-PERSON ENGLISH LANGUAGE EVANGELISM EVENT IN KYIV DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE AND JULY 2024 WITH 207 STUDENTS REGISTERING POSITIVE WRITTEN RESPONSES TO CHRIST. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT EVENT, ANOTHER IN-PERSON ENGLISH LANGUAGE EVANGELISM EVENT WAS HELD IN THE CITY OF ZHYTOMYR. THE EVENT IN ZHYTOMYR GRADUATED 237 STUDENTS FROM THE IN-PERSON CLASSES AND RESULTED IN 151 POSITIVE WRITTEN DECISIONS FOR CHRIST. IN ADDITION TO TEACHING CLASSES IN THESE EVENTS, THE PRESIDENT SERVES ON THE PRAISE TEAMS. SUCH SERVICE ALLOWED FOR NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024 TO INTERACT WITH SMALL GROUPS AND TO ENTER INTO ONE-ON-ONE GOSPEL CONVERSATIONS. SUCH CONVERSATIONS INCLUDED:1) A YOUNG WOMAN AND HER PARENTS IN VALENCIA, SPAIN2) HANNA, IN ZHYTOMYR, UKRAINE (A SKEPTIC WHO WILL READ THE BIBLE)3) WORD OF HOPE CHURCH IN VYNNYKY4) OLENA KLEKOTA IN WARSAW, POLAND5) KATIA OSVALD AND HER FIANCE`, DIMA, AS WELL AS FOUR OTHER UKRAINIAN FRIENDS IN BADEN-BADEN, GERMANYSUBSEQUENT TO THE ENGLISH CLASS EVENTS HELD DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION SERVED AS SUPPORT STAFF WITH MICHAEL GOTT AND THE TEXAS COUNTRY BOYS BAND DURING THE FALL OF 2024. THIS MINISTRY OFFERED NINE EVANGELISTIC PRESENTATIONS IN NINE DIFFERENT CITIES IN UKRAINE (PLUS AN UNOFFICIAL EVANGELISTIC PRESENTATION OUTSIDE OF ZHYTOMYR, UKRAINE TO 500 SOLDIERS AT AN ARMY TRAINING BASE). THE MINISTRY'S FINAL 2024 EVANGELISTIC PRESENTATION DURING THE FALL WAS IN WARSAW, POLAND. ALL OF THE 2024 PRESENTATIONS WERE ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECEIVED BY THE AUDIENCES. THROUGH WRITTEN QUESTIONNAIRES, 2,120 PEOPLE INDICATED POSITIVE RESPONSES TO CHRIST DURING THESE MUSIC EVANGELISM PRESENTATIONS WHICH THIS MINISTRY SERVED ALONG WITH TEXAS COUNTRY BOYS / MICHAEL GOTT PRESENTATIONS. THERE WERE INTENSIVE EFFORTS THROUGHOUT 2024 TO STAY IN CONTACT WITH UKRAINIANS VIA EMAIL, MESSAGING APPS, ZOOM CONVERSATIONS, ETC. MUCH TIME WAS SPENT ENCOURAGING THEM IN ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LIFE AND HOPEFULLY IN THEIR DESIRE TO KNOW GOD BETTER.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 1974.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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