Alabama · Nonprofit
PANAMA MISSIONS
PANAMA MISSIONS (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $83 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($83). 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
- $238k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $83
- Net assets
- $16k
What Panama Missions does
Mission
To provide for the needy in the Republic of Panama with free medical care, clothing, food, and other assistance.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Operation Christmas Joy- Panama Missions has introduced thousands of Panamanian children to the joy of Christmas. Since December 2001 Panama Missions has distributed thousands of plastic shoe boxes filled with small gifts (toys, clothing, school supplies and toiletries). Each box is packed for a specific age and gender, from infant to teenager. A U.S. mission team travels to Panama in mid-December to join forces with Panamanian Christians to distribute the gifts - along with Bibles, tracts, and other Bible literature - to needy children in churches, remote communities, schools and hospitals. Many participants also make small gift bags which are easier to transport to difficult to reach areas. Clothing is also a big part of Operation Christmas Joy as more than 1,000 new home-sewn dresses plus hundreds of sets of new and like-new clothing for both boys and girls are collected and distributed to the most needy of Panama.
$60,099 spentof which $60,099 as grants37% of program spendingScholarship Program- For some of the poorest of families Panama missions offers help with basic school expenses from kindergarten through 12th grade. Individual families from the United States will donate $50-$100 per month for a child's care. A follow-up is done periodically on these children. Requirements are simple. Attending church faithfully, make passing grades in school and be an example in their community. The supporting families can if they so desire write letters and send additional clothing and other supplies with groups who travel to Panama.
$6,060 spentof which $6,060 as grants4% of program spendingHumanitarian Program- Panama missions with the cooperation of individuals and Church of Christ throughout the United States provides different types of humanitarian aid for those who live in difficult circumstances. Some of the things that are offered: Clean water filters using the Sawyer one water filter. Cement floors to help families live better Each group supplies different amounts of groceries for the poorest of the families Transportation for people who need to travel to Panama City to the Children's Hospital. We follow the example of Jesus from Matthew chapter 9 and chapter 15. Jesus looked out over the crowds having compassion upon them for they were hungry and they were as sheep scattered abroad without a shepherd. We seek in all that we do to follow this example of compassion and bringing hope to the hopeless.
$19,223 spentof which $19,223 as grants12% of program spendingEach year multiple medical teams composed of physicians, RNs, LPNs, dentist, pharmacist and support personnel travel to the Republic of Panama bringing needed medical care to those who do not have access to quality medical care. Our medical professionals are compassionate and loving people who desire to share their talents on behalf of the poor. As they share their talents, they are also sharing the good news of Jesus Christ. Over 4000 people have received eye surgery, thousands have received dental care with tens of thousands having received medical care. Some have even been brought to the United States to undergo more in-depth care. Others have received wheelchairs, walkers and much-needed medicine Panama missions has a medical clinic called, "The Building of Hope "located in the community of Sanson, Darien which is along the Pan-American highway 150 miles southeast of Panama City. It also has full housing accommodations for groups to stay in while serving. There is hot water and comfortable accommodations for those who are willing to travel to this area.
$75,829 spent47% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $161,211.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $14k to $2k (−86%).
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 PANAMA MISSIONS’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. 4 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $20 → $27.
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 PANAMA MISSIONS’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 PANAMA MISSIONS'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. $83 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
PANAMA MISSIONS runs a healthier operating margin 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 PANAMA MISSIONS
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In Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PANAMA MISSIONS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PANAMA MISSIONS?
- PANAMA MISSIONS (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $83 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($83). 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 PANAMA MISSIONS have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $83 in grants to PANAMA MISSIONS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PANAMA MISSIONS?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $83 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PANAMA MISSIONS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 2019–2025), 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