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Summary
A3 nurtures intentional learning communities to build and sustain Christ's leaders around the world. We are a leader development group that accelerates the capacity of leaders. We equip and unify leaders through a deep learning community, so they experience change from the inside out and hopefully make a significant Kingdom impact. It all starts with selecting key servant leaders.
A3 intentionally focuses on a small number of proven leaders with potential. We create cohorts of 12-15 leaders who meet quarterly over a 2-year period. Our process is centered around the belief that a Spirit-led community can change the culture of an entire nation toward Christ's purposes. We give leaders a structure to connect and sustain each other, accelerate their own ministries, and expand the love of Jesus throughout their communities.
Contact information
Mailing address:
A3
P.O. Box 3307
Cerritos, CA 90703
Website: a3leaders.org
Phone: (626) 914-8990
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 956120630
CEO/President: Rev. Joseph Handley Jr.
Chairman: Philip R. Foxwell
Board size: 11
Founder:
Ruling year: 2003
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 09/30
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 1980
Purpose
Vision: A vibrant community accelerating Christ-centered movements around the world.
The divine engine that powers A3 is community. As leaders break down barriers, grow to know, trust, and love one another, and together learn how to develop themselves and their ministries, everything accelerates. Leaders thrive, families bond, faith communities flourish, and Christ-centered movements of all shapes and sizes birth, grow, and multiply into every sphere of society.
Mission statement
We equip and unify visionary Christ-centered leaders to influence Spirit-led change.
Our God is a creative God. His Spirit inspires leaders to explore new ways for the Kingdom of God to be known and experienced here on earth. A3 invests deeply into the leaders God has entrusted to us-challenging them to deepen in character and equipping them for greater effectiveness, matched with a vision for a unified Body of Christ-to enable them to become the agents of divine influence God has called them to be.
Statement of faith
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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, and in His personal return in power and glory.
We believe that for the salvation of the lost and sinful people regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, who comprise the church which is His body.
A3 affirms the Lausanne Covenant.
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Transparency grade
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Foreign Missions
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating |  | 1261 of 1420 | 104 of 126 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 1182 of 1420 | 106 of 126 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 997 of 1420 | 93 of 126 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 1013 of 1421 | 74 of 126 |
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Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 5% | 11% | 11% | 15% | 13% | 15% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 5% | 11% | 11% | 15% | 13% | 14% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 98% | 105% | 98% | 100% | 96% | 93% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 5% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 14% | 13% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 2% | -5% | 2% | 0% | 4% | 7% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 85% | 80% | 71% | 70% | 70% | 71% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 99% | 99% | 79% | 99% | 88% | 105% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 83% | 79% | 56% | 69% | 62% | 74% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 1% | 1% | 21% | 1% | 12% | -5% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 3% | 1% | 27% | 2% | 17% | -8% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 9% | 9% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 16% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.52 | 1.10 | 0.97 | 1.26 | 1.01 | 1.45 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.14 | 1.18 | 1.49 | 1.86 | 1.73 | 1.94 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.30 | 1.30 | 1.44 | 2.34 | 1.75 | 2.82 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 23.45 | 12.09 | 9.46 | 5.47 | 6.01 | 5.19 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.19 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 5.02 | 8.48 | 7.44 | 4.19 | 5.71 | 3.44 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 4% | 7% | 7% | 10% | 20% | 22% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 60% | 84% | 96% | 72% | 79% | 54% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Cash | $2,178,836 | $1,795,121 | $1,038,090 | $1,338,338 | $1,082,179 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $396,085 | $216,898 | $167,977 | $94,320 | $12,109 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $2,574,921 | $2,012,019 | $1,206,067 | $1,432,658 | $1,094,288 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $456,012 | $980,332 | $1,037,184 | $1,046,677 | $1,026,816 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $456,012 | $980,332 | $1,037,184 | $1,046,677 | $1,026,816 |
| Total assets | $3,030,933 | $2,992,351 | $2,243,251 | $2,479,335 | $2,121,104 |
| Liabilities | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $212,908 | $212,749 | $220,633 | $238,439 | $211,029 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $212,908 | $212,749 | $220,633 | $238,439 | $211,029 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $259,827 | $259,800 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $259,827 | $259,800 |
| Total liabilities | $212,908 | $212,749 | $220,633 | $498,266 | $470,829 |
| Net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Without donor restrictions | $1,388,027 | $1,325,250 | $873,361 | $827,049 | $614,140 |
| With donor restrictions | $1,429,998 | $1,454,352 | $1,149,257 | $1,154,020 | $1,036,135 |
| Net assets | $2,818,025 | $2,779,602 | $2,022,618 | $1,981,069 | $1,650,275 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Total contributions | $3,558,503 | $3,588,789 | $2,847,018 | $2,738,439 | $2,745,882 |
| Program service revenue | $48,921 | $56,568 | $69,483 | $99,677 | $183,352 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | ($269,509) | $5,482 | $2,598 | $2,959 | $1,471 |
| Other revenue | $41,589 | $10,123 | ($57,868) | ($2,163) | $16,959 |
| Total other revenue | ($178,999) | $72,173 | $14,213 | $100,473 | $201,782 |
| Total revenue | $3,379,504 | $3,660,962 | $2,861,231 | $2,838,912 | $2,947,664 |
| Expenses | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Program services | $2,674,593 | $2,067,924 | $1,975,796 | $1,765,747 | $2,184,182 |
| Management and general | $284,219 | $441,842 | $420,036 | $385,870 | $489,319 |
| Fundraising | $382,269 | $394,212 | $423,850 | $356,501 | $409,568 |
| Total expenses | $3,341,081 | $2,903,978 | $2,819,682 | $2,508,118 | $3,083,069 |
| Change in net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $38,423 | $756,984 | $41,549 | $330,794 | ($135,405) |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $38,423 | $756,984 | $41,549 | $330,794 | ($135,405) |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Dr Rev Joseph Handley | President | $166,425 |
| Jeff Mallory | VP Development | $160,773 |
| R Elliott Snuggs | Executive VP | $145,315 |
| Mark Larsen | VP Finance | $130,513 |
| Noel Becchetti | VP Asia | $130,257 |
| Dr David Bennett | Director | $100,464 |
| Dr S Douglas Birdsall | Director | $71,471 |
Compensation data as of: 9/30/2024
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History
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Program accomplishments
https://www.a3leaders.org/about-a3/40-about/history/374-past-achievements