Amigos for Christ 
The information on this page was last updated 4/6/2026. If you see errors or omissions, please email: [email protected]
Summary
Amigos for Christ is a nonprofit organization that facilitates leadership, water, health, education, and economic development in rural Nicaraguan communities.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Amigos for Christ
PO Box 969
Buford, GA 30515
Website: amigosforchrist.org
Phone: 770-614-9250
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 582484257
CEO/President: Kristin Sutton
Chairman: Charles Richard Hach
Board size: 7
Founder:
Ruling year: 1999
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: No
Member of ECFA since:
Purpose
Our vision is to be a model cross-cultural community development organization.
Mission statement
Our mission is to serve, so that Christ becomes more visible.
Statement of faith
Donor confidence score
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Transparency grade
C
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Community Development
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 104 of 1435 | 23 of 148 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 383 of 1435 | 37 of 148 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 82 of 1435 | 18 of 148 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 346 of 1436 | 44 of 148 |
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Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 6% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 4% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 91% | 99% | 98% | 98% | 100% | 100% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 5% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 9% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 83% | 95% | 93% | 94% | 97% | 96% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 96% | 102% | 101% | 98% | 107% | 97% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 79% | 96% | 94% | 92% | 104% | 93% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 4% | -2% | -1% | 2% | -7% | 3% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 4% | -4% | -1% | 4% | -19% | 5% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 11% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 2% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.02 | 2.15 | 1.70 | 1.79 | 2.80 | 1.52 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.89 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.04 | 1.06 | 1.01 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.14 | 2.16 | 1.73 | 1.85 | 2.96 | 1.53 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 12.56 | 64.36 | 82.87 | 335.43 | 410.86 | 718.60 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 4.79 | 5.48 | 6.84 | 6.47 | 4.04 | 7.84 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 10% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 4% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 77% | 46% | 57% | 54% | 34% | 63% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 |
| Cash | $3,539,102 | $3,678,390 | $3,700,323 | $3,529,425 | $4,350,996 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $54,933 | $39,519 | $25,932 | $13,402 | $139,535 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $3,594,035 | $3,717,909 | $3,726,255 | $3,542,827 | $4,490,531 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term assets | $19,649 | $76,656 | $131,871 | $203,552 | $23,184 |
| Total long-term assets | $19,649 | $76,656 | $131,871 | $203,552 | $23,184 |
| Total assets | $3,613,684 | $3,794,565 | $3,858,126 | $3,746,379 | $4,513,715 |
| Liabilities | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $43,945 | $44,864 | $11,109 | $8,623 | $6,249 |
| Other current liabilities | $11,900 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $55,845 | $44,864 | $11,109 | $8,623 | $6,249 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $196,600 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $17,110 | $83,714 | $144,671 | $194,750 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $17,110 | $83,714 | $144,671 | $194,750 | $196,600 |
| Total liabilities | $72,955 | $128,578 | $155,780 | $203,373 | $202,849 |
| Net assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 |
| Without donor restrictions | $195,455 | $320,713 | $2,935,967 | $1,542,052 | $2,369,157 |
| With donor restrictions | $3,345,274 | $3,345,274 | $766,379 | $2,000,954 | $1,941,709 |
| Net assets | $3,540,729 | $3,665,987 | $3,702,346 | $3,543,006 | $4,310,866 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 |
| Total contributions | $7,527,960 | $6,302,588 | $6,933,769 | $9,857,125 | $7,063,891 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $93,192 | $84,881 | $99,366 | ($77,000) | $21,635 |
| Other revenue | $7,813 | $21,156 | $17,227 | $47,209 | ($431) |
| Total other revenue | $101,005 | $106,037 | $116,593 | ($29,791) | $21,204 |
| Total revenue | $7,628,965 | $6,408,625 | $7,050,362 | $9,827,334 | $7,085,095 |
| Expenses | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 |
| Program services | $7,342,458 | $6,011,662 | $6,478,868 | $10,176,020 | $6,597,678 |
| Management and general | $212,138 | $232,901 | $258,700 | $199,356 | $149,716 |
| Fundraising | $199,627 | $200,537 | $153,454 | $121,145 | $119,576 |
| Total expenses | $7,754,223 | $6,445,100 | $6,891,022 | $10,496,521 | $6,866,970 |
| Change in net assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 |
| Surplus (deficit) | ($125,258) | ($36,475) | $159,340 | ($669,187) | $218,125 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | ($125,258) | ($36,475) | $159,340 | ($669,187) | $218,125 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Kristin Sutton | CEO/Executive Director | $107,800 |
| John Bland | Director Business For Transformation | $61,800 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2025
Response from ministry
No response has been provided by this ministry.
The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 4/6/2026. To update the information below, please email: [email protected]
History
In 1997, John Bland returned from a trip to Chinandega, Nicaragua. At the time he was a youth leader at Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Buford, GA, and he brought to his community videos of the poverty he had witnessed and a vision to put together a service project for the spring of 1999.
Moved to action, youth group members Sarah Bollinger and Jessica Keifer led a series of fundraisers and earned enough money to build a small cafeteria in one of the local communities. However, before the trip could take place, Hurricane Mitch struck Nicaragua in October of 1998, causing mudslides on Las Casitas volcano that destroyed surrounding farming villages, killing 3,000 people and displacing hundreds of families in Chinandega.
In the wake of this horrible tragedy, the Prince of Peace group arrived in Nicaragua in April of 1999 and spent a week working on a housing project to alleviate the suffering of families affected by the hurricane. During their trip, the grim reality and enormous need deeply affected the group, and they were determined to continue their efforts.
So, Amigos for Christ was formed as an independent 501c(3) charity in June of 1999 with John Bland as Executive Director, the late Jack Schiveree as Board President, and a guiding mission to serve the Lord by serving His poor.
Since then, Amigos has grown into an interdenominational community development ministry that has provided several million dollars in aid to the poor and is committed to creating opportunities for communities and families to flourish.
We believe transformative life-change occurs through a combination of making opportunity accessible and reducing preventable obstacles to growth, all within the context of intentional, long-term relationships with an emphasis on community leadership. In recent years, we have narrowed our focus to achieving five measurable goals over the course of seven years - a process we call our 7 Year Vision - in every community where we work. Each of these goals has been identified through our decades of experience working in rural Nicaragua, developed in collaboration with a diverse staff of American and Nicaraguan employees as well as the relevant branch of the Nicaraguan government, and designed to be measurable in order to evaluate the effectiveness and ensure success.
In addition, we are joined by thousands of partners who travel to Nicaragua on mission trips every year to support these projects as well as countless generous donors and volunteers. Together, we are able live out our faith by making Christ more visible to one another and to our brothers and sisters across Nicaragua.
Program accomplishments
https://amigosforchrist.org/reports/2025-annual-report/