Remote Area Ministries
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To teach and minister the Gospel of Jesus in remote areas.
- Income
- $19,007
- Spending
- $49,718
- Reserves
- 12.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $28,560, president
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
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
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 (4)
- $4,078 spent. Sent money gifts for transportation of Pastor Tom Koim in Papua New Guinea. Purchased 100 Prayer books from Shekinah Worship and sent them to Papua New Guinea. Posted Wordless Gospel book on website www.RemoteAreaMinistries.org. Printed 6 Wordless Gospel books and sent them to Papua New Guinea
- $8,259 spent. Sent money to 12 different ministries around the world.
- Taught at another local Bible Training Center twice which was translated into Chinese and sent by Zoom to China, Taiwan, and Indonesia. This was posted on YouTube also which affected many. Taught three times at the Karen Revival church in Omaha, Nebraska. Taught once by internet to Aetna Insurance employees concerning healing.
- $4,771 spent. Funded a Bible School in Mumbai, India for the entire year. Funded the expansion of many more Bible Schools in India. Funded conferences and ordaining of 60 pastors in India.
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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 1990.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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