Oregon · Nonprofit
Jesus Frees Ministries
Jesus Frees Ministries (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $677 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($677). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $272k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $677
- Net assets
- $34k
What Jesus Frees Ministries does
Mission
To team people and resources to reach the world with the freeing power of Jesus Christ
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Vehicle and Transportation Costs for JFM Kenyan Projects and Evangelism To support ministry and outreach in remote areas, funds were raised to purchase two late-model Land Cruiser Vehicles, replacing two aging, well-worn vehicles. Extensive inspections were preformed on the new vehicles and a turbo timer, tracking system, and new brakes were purchased. Insurance was obtained on all the JFM vehicles, and regular service and maintenance were preformed. A cylinder head was replaced, and new tires were purchased for the older vehicle.
$109,888 spent46% of program spendingJFM Kenyan Headquarters: Building Project The Kenyan Government's building department issued the occupancy certificate for JFM's mission center at JFM Headquarters, and inspection fees were paid. The JFM work crew cemented the outer courtyard, constructed a stone wall, constructed gates,and painted the exterior of the building. The kitchen was tiled, cabinets built, and an industrial sink and stove were purchased. Men's and women's bathrooms were tiled, and toilets and showeres were installed. Two washing machine/dryer units were purchased. Cabinets and sinks were installed in each room. In addition, a self-contained bungalow for long-term missionary guests has been completed. These two buildings strenghten JFM's ability to host mission teams and JFM conferences. Several construction tools were purchased for JFM's ongoing building projects. A new water pump for the well was purchased, and a large baptismal tank was constructed, enabling believers to publicly declare their faith. A waterline was laid for the secondary water source, which is expected to be completed in 2026. All this work provided employment for 12 kenyans and helped them support their families. JFM pays 3 watchmen…
$33,930 spent14% of program spendingStudent sponsorships for Underprivileged Kenyan Children JFM's charity to children continued through our faithful JFM sponsors. 95 less fortunate students, ranging from Kindergarten to University, received assistance with mandatory school fees. This includes students' school fees, lunch fees, boarding fees (where applicable), personal hygiene needs, uniforms, shoes, books, writing materials, and transportation. College and Bible school students received accommodations. This assistance gives these needy children and youth hope and the opportunity to pursue their education. Annual meetings were held with the students to evaluate their performance and school needs and to give encouragement and opportunities for written communication with their USA sponsors. Student Breakdown: 10 Pre-Primary, 17-Primary, 53-High School, 9-College, 2 University, 3 Bible College, 1-Special Needs.
$30,444 spent13% of program spendingExecutive Director: Work Hours Toward Kenya Projects Salary for 52 Weeks- $30005.77 Salary per weeks: $577.03 Vacation 1 weekAdministrative Work while3 in the USA 5 weeks $577.03 x 5 = $2,885.15Administrative Work while in Kenya 4 weeks $577.03 x 4 = $2,308.12Project Work for Kenya 42 weeks $577.03 x 43 = $24,812.12
$24,235 spent10% of program spendingJFM Sponsored Entapipi Primary School, Chumvi, Kenya Our School completed its 7th year serving the impoverished children of the Chumvi Village. In January 2025, a first-grade class was launched, bringing the total enrollment to 114 students. These children receive free, quality education and 2 meals a day. An excellent 1st-grade teacher and a watchman were hired, bringing the paid staff to eight. 35 desks and chairs were constructed to prepare for the incoming 2nd-grade class in January 2026. School uniforms were made for all grade levels. Electricity and Wi-Fi were funded; curriculum and students' workbooks were supplied; cleaning supplies, kitchen supplies, new dishes and spoons, storybooks, toys, composition books, coloring pages, pens, pencils, and chalk were purchased.26 kindergarten students successfully graduated and moved on to 1st grade at JFM.The two new classrooms started in 2024 were completed. Maintenance, painting, and repairs were done. A ceiling was built in the hallway.
$13,202 spent6% of program spendingJFM Evangelism: Church Support, Training, Bible School, Outreach, and Pastors' Support Assistance to JFM ChurchesIn 2025, Jesus frees Ministries witnessed God powerfully at work, transforming lives and communities in remarkable ways. 3 new churches were started in Malanga, Wamba, and Meru, Kenya. JFM now has 16 churches serving the people of Kenya and bringing the hope of the Gospel to new areas.The JFM missionaries taught regulary in the JFM church branches, schools, and surrounding villages. The JFM pastors organized mission outreaches and evangelism in their respective villages. Regular evangelism outreaches were sent to the remote village of Naiborkeju, a prospective JFM church plant. Special JFM outreaches were organized by the Luanda, Liasho, Katunga, Oloruko, Kisima, and Lokusero-B churches. 181 people received Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, and 47 believers were baptized. To further equip God's people, 78 Bibles, provided by the Voice of the Martyrs organization, were distributed. We rejoice that JFM sent three JFM pastors to Bible school to invest in biblically grounded leadership. Monthly support was given to our 20 struggling JFM Pastors, who continually…
$11,874 spent5% of program spendingCharity Relief for the Special Needs of the Less Fortunate Across the 16 JFM churches, food and medical relief have been provided to destitute widows, the elderly, the disabled, the sick, and fatherless children. Assistance for hospital bills, weddings, and funerals was also given. 11 needy families received monthly support and 3 families were assisted extensively at Christmas.
$4,718 spent2% of program spendingKenya Office Expenses Include: Power-Water Fees-Phone-Wi-Fi-Electronics-Maintenance Headquarters Insurance-CPA Service-Banking Fees-Post Office Box Kenya Office Staff-Administrative Assistant-Kenya office stationery
$2,642 spent1% of program spendingJFM Church Building Projects: The JFM work crew constructed a new building for the JFM Katunga church to replace the former structure, which had been destroyed by a storm. The JFM work crew also made major repairs at the JFM Nadungoro church. The final installment was made for the JFM Kisima church property. A land registration fee was paid for the JFM Oloruko church, and JFM made monthly rent payments for the JFM Malanga and Luanda churches.
$1,938 spent1% of program spendingKenya Operating Expenses Include: Registrations-Licenses-Kenya Missionary Work Permits-Accounting Fees
$1,866 spent1% of program spendingJFM Tents for Conferences and Evangelism Tent maintenance, cleaning, and repair for JFM's large tent (50 feet x 140 feet) and the two smaller tents (20' x 30') were done. The JFM tent technician made repairs and supervised the setup and cleaning of the tent. The tent storage fee was paid.
$1,358 spent1% of program spendingJFM Gifted Academy at the JFM Luanda Church Enrollment at the JFM Lunda Church Preschool/Kindergarten reached 25 students. 6 kindergarten students graduated. Salaries for the teachers and the teacher's assistant were subsidized.
$609 spent0% of program spending2025 Volunteers: USA and Kenya 109 Total VolunteersJFM USA and JFM Kenya Board Members and Spouses:14 Rev. Cheryl Freese, Pst Thomas and Jenny Lowery, Rev. Sherry Cox, Karen and Bill Donehue, Tom and Sue Bourdage, Rich and Linda Mayer, Jesse and Carrie Segrist, Rev David Kefa, Rev. Ruben KilokuHosts in USA:43 Ms. Benline, Mr and Mrs Danson, Mr and Mrs Browning, Ms Thorbeck, Mr and Mrs Webb, Ms Tertrou, Mr and Mrs Martinez, Ms Smith, Pst and Mrs Pool, Pst Hortsch, Pst and Mrs Carr, Pst and Mrs Dennis, Pst and Mrs South, Mr and Mrs Auringer, Mr. Jefferies, Ms Ebejer, Mr and Mrs Price, Mr and Mrs Shoemake, Dr and Dr Armstrong, Mr and Mrs Batchman, Mr and Mrs Magathan, Mr and Mrs Rogers, Mr Turner, Pst Ventura, Pst and Mrs Garret, Mr and Mrs GrizmerDrivers To and From Airports:7 Martinez, Janet Webb, Ken Webb, Hyodo, Amkobe, StanbaughVolunteers at Conferences and Meetings:28 Media People-Table Set UpInterpreters:15 Jackson, Ian, Edwin, Johnson, Dave, Naomi, Maina, Samuel, Janet, Ruben, Tony, Musa, John, Paul M., MorrisMission Team Members:2 Steve and Marissa Barkemeyer
JFM Board Volunteer Hours Total JFM Board Hours: 2130 HoursBoard Meetings: In-Person and Electronic (4hours x 7 bd Members) 28 HoursCheryl Freese-Chair 1494 Hours Volunteer work in Kenya: Prepping for projects and missions = 892 hours Newsletters Writing = 123 hours Donor Correspondence = 315 hours Preparation for Presentations 67 hours Presentations to groups and individuals = 97 hoursThomas Lowery-Vice Chair 7 Hours Classrooms FundraisingSharon Cox-Secretary 24 Hours Newsletter editing = 13 hours Budget Committee = 16 hous Board Meeting Minutes = 5 hoursKaren Danehue-Treasurer 528 hours Bookkeeping = 215 hours Generating & mailing donation receipts = 83 hours Post Office and banking = 88 hours Correspondence with donors = 42 hours Christmas Cards & End of Year Statements = 14 hours Generating reports = 72 Editing Newsletters = 6 hours Overseeing JFM stationery & stamps = 5 hours Budget Committee = 6Thomas Bourdage-Director 18 hours Post office = 18 hoursJesse Segrist-Director 6 hours Website Management Rich Mayer-Director 25 hours Computer, Website and Software Assitance
Items Purchased in America for Kenya Mission projects - None
Project Funds Sent to Kenya from Jesus Frees Ministries USA: $217654.49Balance Remaining from the last calendar year 2024: $1223.36Total Funds Available: $218,877.85
$218,878 earned by the programTotal Funds Spent On Projects In Kenya $212,468.15Balance Remaining in the Kenyan Bank on 12-31-2025 $6,409.70
The 17 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $236,704.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $1k to $19k (+1541%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of Jesus Frees Ministries’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Cheryl Freese
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $47 → $200.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Jesus Frees Ministries’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of Jesus Frees Ministries's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $677 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Jesus Frees Ministries has grown faster than half of the 2,468 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Jesus Frees Ministries
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In Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Jesus Frees Ministries?
- Jesus Frees Ministries (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $677 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($677). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Jesus Frees Ministries have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $677 in grants to Jesus Frees Ministries, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Jesus Frees Ministries?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $677 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Jesus Frees Ministries find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing