Navajo Ministries/ Navajo Missions 
Summary
Navajo Ministries ("NM") is a religious charity based in Farmington, NM. NM defines five areas of ministry: childcare, reservation, radio, intercessory prayer, and biblical counseling. The childcare ministry provides foster home care to Navajo children in facilities owned and operated by the Mission. In September 1999, a small school began operations as a part of the childcare ministry. The reservation ministry provides outreach to the Navajo population living on the reservation. The Mission's radio ministry operates through its radio station KNMI. The Four Corners Prayer Center is a network of intercessory prayers who pray daily for reconciliation between all tribes and nations, and for reconciliation between God and man. The Biblical Counseling Center primarily provides for the counseling needs of the children and support for the house parents while also meeting the needs of others on and off the reservation. Navajo Missions is designed to provide help and encouragement to people of the Four Corners area of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado - primarily the Navajo.
Navajo Ministries is a nonprofit organization and contributions to it are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. In addition, it is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).
Contact information
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1230
Farmington, NM 87499-1230
Website: www.navajoministries.org
Phone: (505) 325-0255
Email: nmi@navajoministries.org
Organization details
EIN: 850113191
CEO/President: Mr. James Baker
Chairman: Mr. Wayne Magnum
Board size: 9
Founder: Mr. Jack Drake
Year founded: 1953
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 09/30
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 1980
Purpose
Navajo Ministries ("NM") is a religious charity based in Farmington, NM. NM defines five areas of ministry: childcare, reservation, radio, intercessory prayer, and biblical counseling. The childcare ministry provides foster home care to Navajo children in facilities owned and operated by the Mission. In September 1999, a small school began operations as a part of the childcare ministry. The reservation ministry provides outreach to the Navajo population living on the reservation. The Mission's radio ministry operates through its radio station KNMI. The Four Corners Prayer Center is a network of intercessory prayers who pray daily for reconciliation between all tribes and nations, and for reconciliation between God and man. The Biblical Counseling Center primarily provides for the counseling needs of the children and support for the house parents while also meeting the needs of others on and off the reservation. Navajo Missions is designed to provide help and encouragement to people of the Four Corners area of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado - primarily the Navajo.
Navajo Ministries is a nonprofit organization and contributions to it are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. In addition, it is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).
Mission statement
Navajo Ministries communicates its Mission Statement as follows:
"Navajo Ministries serves people, primarily the Navajo, in the Four Corners area of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado...we help to meet the physical, emotional, educational and spiritual needs of Navajo families and children. We will continue to build a future for Navajo families through programs which establish self-sufficiency, resilience and Christian family values."
Statement of faith
Navajo Ministries communicates its Statement of Faith as the following:
1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative, Word of God. II Tim. 3:16, II Pet. 1:21
2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Matt. 28: 19, John 14:16
3. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. John 1: 1-2
4. We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful men, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential. John 14: 16, 17, 26 and I Corinthians 6:19.
5. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. John 3:3, John 3:36, and Romans 10:9, 10
6. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; that they that are saved are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost, unto the resurrection of damnation. I Thessalonians 4:16,17
7. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 3:3-6, Matthew 16:18, and Ephesians 5:25-27
Transparency grade
A
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Community Development
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 590 of 593 | 24 of 24 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 549 of 593 | 22 of 24 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 563 of 593 | 22 of 24 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 556 of 593 | 23 of 24 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Median % for all ministries in MW database | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 8% | 18% | 16% | 17% | 16% | 18% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 6% | 17% | 15% | 16% | 15% | 17% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 93% | 96% | 96% | 94% | 93% | 96% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 6% | 15% | 16% | 14% | 15% | 15% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 7% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 4% |
| Operating ratios | Median % for all ministries in MW database | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 82% | 66% | 68% | 69% | 69% | 70% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 98% | 115% | 96% | 114% | 102% | 113% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 80% | 76% | 65% | 79% | 70% | 79% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 2% | -15% | 4% | -14% | -2% | -13% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 3% | -8% | 2% | -8% | -1% | -8% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 11% | 19% | 16% | 17% | 17% | 15% |
| Investing ratios | Median measure for all ministries in MW database | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.04 | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.59 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.73 | 7.14 | 11.40 | 18.94 | 10.58 | 14.41 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.18 | 3.59 | 6.25 | 11.06 | 6.14 | 8.52 |
| Liquidity ratios | Median measure for all ministries in MW database | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 8.84 | 4.03 | 4.33 | 1.92 | 3.83 | 2.79 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.11 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.52 | 0.26 | 0.36 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 4.72 | 2.51 | 1.48 | 0.52 | 1.44 | 0.90 |
| Solvency ratios | Median % for all ministries in MW database | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 11% | 12% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 15% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 8% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 77% | 174% | 161% | 147% | 148% | 144% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Cash | $58,903 | $112,860 | $68,569 | $105,486 | $63,297 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $100 | $6,638 | $19,180 | $841 | $882 |
| Short-term investments | $264,274 | $77,121 | $23,520 | $80,760 | $66,850 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $28,296 | $30,276 |
| Total current assets | $323,277 | $196,619 | $111,269 | $215,383 | $161,305 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $217,399 | $203,402 |
| Fixed assets | $1,984,607 | $1,810,464 | $1,764,335 | $1,789,709 | $1,837,868 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $234,894 | $231,692 | $55,726 | $121,998 |
| Total long-term assets | $1,984,607 | $2,045,358 | $1,996,027 | $2,062,834 | $2,163,268 |
| Total assets | $2,307,884 | $2,241,977 | $2,107,296 | $2,278,217 | $2,324,573 |
| Liabilities | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $80,238 | $45,392 | $57,818 | $56,293 | $57,800 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $80,238 | $45,392 | $57,818 | $56,293 | $57,800 |
| Debt | $187,912 | $198,444 | $210,808 | $222,593 | $233,708 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $19,716 | $15,855 | $29,540 | $43,548 | $57,112 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $207,628 | $214,299 | $240,348 | $266,141 | $290,820 |
| Total liabilities | $287,866 | $259,691 | $298,166 | $322,434 | $348,620 |
| Net assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Unrestricted | $11,805,843 | $1,753,637 | $1,606,326 | $1,760,488 | $1,773,583 |
| Temporarily restricted | $32,265 | $46,739 | $20,894 | $13,385 | $20,460 |
| Permanently restricted | $181,910 | $181,910 | $181,910 | $181,910 | $181,910 |
| Net assets | $2,020,018 | $1,982,286 | $1,809,130 | $1,955,783 | $1,975,953 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Total contributions | $971,238 | $1,226,951 | $1,016,617 | $1,214,161 | $1,172,731 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $9,671 | $12,099 | $34,771 | $22,796 | ($8,131) |
| Other revenue | $27,169 | $37,376 | $32,561 | $64,650 | $54,031 |
| Total other revenue | $36,840 | $49,475 | $67,332 | $87,446 | $45,900 |
| Total revenue | $1,008,078 | $1,276,426 | $1,083,949 | $1,301,607 | $1,218,631 |
| Expenses | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Program services | $762,968 | $833,635 | $852,528 | $905,528 | $963,895 |
| Management and general | $225,555 | $198,075 | $205,097 | $218,579 | $205,131 |
| Fundraising | $172,501 | $196,560 | $172,977 | $197,320 | $205,317 |
| Total expenses | $1,161,024 | $1,228,270 | $1,230,602 | $1,321,427 | $1,374,343 |
| Change in net assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Surplus (deficit) | ($152,946) | $48,156 | ($146,653) | ($19,820) | ($155,712) |
| Other changes in net assets | $190,678 | $125,000 | $0 | ($350) | ($194,170) |
| Total change in net assets | $37,732 | $173,156 | ($146,653) | ($20,170) | ($349,882) |
Response from ministry
No response has been provided by this ministry.
History
Navajo Ministries (NM) was founded in 1953 by Jack Drake in a borrowed tent on the western edge of Farmington, New Mexico. NM has become a diverse ministry reaching out to those who are hurting in the Four Corners area. Jim Baker now serves as president since 1987. Its goal is to be a servant to people in need - the Navajo. Food, clothing, and Bibles are distributed to many on the reservation. In addition, Navajo Minstries provides reservation ministry, discipleship training, and marriage seminars. NN provides support to train Navajo people in their own language. Vacation Bible Schools are held in the summer with tent meetings and revivals. Navajo Missions is located just east of the Navajo reservation in Farmington, New Mexico.