Justice and Mercy International 
The information on this page was last updated 4/24/2024. If you see errors or omissions, please email: [email protected]
Summary
We exist to create sustainable life change for the poor, the orphaned, and forgotten people of the world. From the Amazon Jungle to Eastern Europe, our work is Gospel-centered and locally implemented through our indigenous staff on the ground. In Moldova, we prioritize caring for vulnerable children and teens who are at risk of human trafficking. In the Amazon, 80% of the population has never heard the Gospel. Through training and equipping Jungle Pastors, we help Gospel transformation happen in one of the most remote and untouched places in the world.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Justice and Mercy International
304 44th Ave. N
Nashville, TN 37209
Website: justiceandmercy.org
Phone: (615) 472-7455
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 364630658
CEO/President: Mary Katharine Hunt
Chairman: Scott Pharr
Board size: 13
Founder:
Ruling year: 2009
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 06/30
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 2015
Purpose
MI programming is centered around 5 main care and development focuses. Through these focuses, we are able to address systems of injustice and poverty within each of the countries we operate in. Central in all of our programming is our dedication to the Gospel. In all things, we seek to honor Jesus Christ and love those we serve according to His Word.
Mission statement
Statement of faith
JMI is a vehicle for individuals and churches who want to make a tangible, personal difference on behalf of the poor, the orphaned, and the forgotten people of the world. The following basic beliefs are offered in order to help you determine if you would be comfortable partnering with JMI:
We believe in one God who is the Creator and Redeemer of all things, the source of love and truth and who has expressed Himself most definitively in three persons-the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Matthew 3:16-17, John 14:9-10, 1 Peter 1:2
We believe that Jesus Christ is God's only Son, Savior of the world and model for a life lived for the glory of God.
Matthew 1:22-23, John 3:16, Romans 1:3-4
We believe the Holy Spirit is actively bringing about the purposes of God today and is given the opportunity to freely and redemptively express God's intentions through us as we choose to follow Christ.
John 16:5-15, 1 Corinthians 2:12, 1 Corinthians 3:16
We believe everything the Bible says about itself.
Romans 15:4, Hebrews 4:12, 2 Timothy 3:16
We believe that man was created to live in peace and fellowship with God and to expend our lives in the service of others. Any thought or action that does not measure up to that intention is an indication of our own brokenness, inability and unwillingness to achieve the purposes of God apart from his saving intervention in our lives.
Genesis 1:27, John 15:4, Acts 4:12
We believe salvation, (both the forgiveness of sins and the ability to become more of what God intended us to be), is a gift from God to man and comes only by grace through his sacrificial death for us all, through Jesus.
Romans 6:23, Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:4-5
We believe that God freely gives man eternal life through Christ, a qualitative as well as quantitative measure of living. Followers of The Way and all those purchased by his sacrifice have a reason to trust and live out their salvation for now and eternity-not by their own efforts, but by the grace and power of God.
John 10:28-29, Romans 8:35-39, Hebrews 7:25
Donor confidence score
Transparency grade
A
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Foreign Missions
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 804 of 1107 | 80 of 124 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 889 of 1108 | 93 of 124 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 623 of 1108 | 60 of 124 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 562 of 1107 | 56 of 124 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 5% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 8% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 5% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 8% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 98% | 100% | 100% | 101% | 101% | 100% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 5% | 8% | 10% | 9% | 10% | 9% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 2% | 0% | 0% | -1% | -1% | 0% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 84% | 85% | 82% | 82% | 81% | 82% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 99% | 113% | 93% | 74% | 72% | 91% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 85% | 96% | 76% | 61% | 59% | 74% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 1% | -13% | 7% | 26% | 28% | 9% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 3% | -20% | 8% | 32% | 40% | 19% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 9% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.37 | 1.54 | 1.01 | 0.87 | 1.00 | 1.61 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.28 | 1.33 | 1.61 | 1.44 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.36 | 1.99 | 1.29 | 1.15 | 1.61 | 2.32 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 18.34 | 9.06 | 18.55 | 13.41 | 16.41 | 10.89 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.09 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 4.79 | 5.35 | 8.83 | 9.63 | 7.02 | 4.70 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 7% | 9% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 14% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 62% | 59% | 95% | 109% | 97% | 53% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Cash | $1,937,678 | $2,328,756 | $2,073,503 | $1,174,966 | $876,905 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $197,226 | $158,132 | $142,952 | $38,836 | $41,632 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $2,134,904 | $2,486,888 | $2,216,455 | $1,213,802 | $918,537 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $631,510 | $686,956 | $738,564 | $743,521 | $407,659 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $631,510 | $686,956 | $738,564 | $743,521 | $407,659 |
| Total assets | $2,766,414 | $3,173,844 | $2,955,019 | $1,957,323 | $1,326,196 |
| Liabilities | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $122,027 | $63,610 | $77,076 | $22,680 | $12,053 |
| Other current liabilities | $113,535 | $70,473 | $88,208 | $51,300 | $72,294 |
| Total current liabilities | $235,562 | $134,083 | $165,284 | $73,980 | $84,347 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $105,495 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $105,495 |
| Total liabilities | $235,562 | $134,083 | $165,284 | $73,980 | $189,842 |
| Net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Without donor restrictions | $1,916,689 | $2,471,203 | $2,271,825 | $1,648,213 | $969,864 |
| With donor restrictions | $614,163 | $568,558 | $517,910 | $235,130 | $166,490 |
| Net assets | $2,530,852 | $3,039,761 | $2,789,735 | $1,883,343 | $1,136,354 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Total contributions | $3,750,427 | $3,460,526 | $3,494,119 | $2,718,794 | $2,349,040 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $72,345 | $22,649 | $669 | $3,474 | $1,363 |
| Other revenue | ($70,601) | ($37,273) | ($31,390) | ($25,730) | ($4,754) |
| Total other revenue | $1,744 | ($14,624) | ($30,721) | ($22,256) | ($3,391) |
| Total revenue | $3,752,171 | $3,445,902 | $3,463,398 | $2,696,538 | $2,345,649 |
| Expenses | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Program services | $3,611,507 | $2,628,994 | $2,100,514 | $1,588,319 | $1,741,283 |
| Management and general | $288,218 | $255,094 | $217,166 | $161,076 | $200,792 |
| Fundraising | $358,688 | $311,788 | $239,326 | $200,154 | $187,372 |
| Total expenses | $4,258,413 | $3,195,876 | $2,557,006 | $1,949,549 | $2,129,447 |
| Change in net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Surplus (deficit) | ($506,242) | $250,026 | $906,392 | $746,989 | $216,202 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | ($506,242) | $250,026 | $906,392 | $746,989 | $216,202 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Mary Katharine Hunt | CEO | $170,905 |
| Tara Owen | Secretary of the Corp / CFO | $106,648 |
| William Chris Hardy | Cpo | $105,638 |
| Kelly Minter | Former Board Member | $21,000 |
Compensation data as of: 6/30/2024
Response from ministry
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History
Program accomplishments
Over the last 15 years, we have had the privilege of coming alongside thousands of children, families, and pastors, providing physical and spiritual care. As we celebrate our 15-year anniversary this year, we look back in amazement at all that God has done. Whether you are new to our work or have been with us since the very beginning, you have made a true difference in the JMI story.
This spring we invite you to join us as we seek to raise $50,000 to invest in our Priority Needs program. This will enable us to continue serving the most vulnerable in both the Amazon and Moldova, by providing food bags, medical care, clothes, Bibles, and as-needed support.