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MERCY PROJECT INC

EIN 27-1987472 COLLEGE STA, TX

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Revenue 2025
$516,069
Expenses 2025
$486,450

Program services were 88.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P12
Classification
1000
Street
3467 MATOSKA RDG

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

MERCY PROJECT SEEKS TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN GHANA IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE NEED FOR CHILD SLAVERY. THE ORGANIZATION FOCUSES ON IMPLEMENTING NEW AGRICULTURAL FISHING METHODS IN GHANAIAN VILLAGES, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR VILLAGERS TO WORK WITHOUT HAVING TO UTILIZE CHILD LABOR. UPON RELEASE OF THE CHILDREN, MERCY PROJECT WORKS TO REINTEGRATE THE FORMER SLAVES WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR BASIC NEEDS, INCLUDING EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MERCY PROJECT SEEKS TO RESCUE CHILDREN FROM SLAVERY. WE PARTNER WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TRAPPED IN THE CYCLE OF POVERTY, EMPOWERING THEM WITH SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS IN ORDER TO FREE CHILDREN FROM FORCED LABOR.

  • AQUACULTURE PROJECTS: MERCY PROJECT PROVIDES A VILLAGE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF FISHING CAGES, FISH AND FISH FOOD, AND THE EDUCATION NEEDED TO HARVEST LARGE AMOUNTS OF FISH. THE PURPOSE OF THE FISHING CAGES IS TO ELIMINATE THE VILLAGE'S NEED OF USING CHILD LABOR TO FISH THE LAKE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. EVEN AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE VILLAGE'S CHILD SLAVES, MERCY PROJECT MAINTAINS A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VILLAGE TO ASSIST WITH FISH PRODUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITH THE ADDITIONAL INCOME THE FISH CAGES PROVIDE.

    Expenses $61,659

  • CHILD REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION INTO THEIR FAMILIES: UPON A VILLAGE'S RELEASE OF THEIR TRAFFICKED CHILDREN, MERCY PROJECT TRANSPORTS THE CHILDREN TO A SPECIALIZED REHABILITATION SHELTER WHERE THE CHILDREN BEGIN RECEIVING PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. THE CHILDREN LIVE AT THE SHELTER FOR 3-4 MONTHS DURING WHICH THEY BEGIN THEIR FORMAL EDUCATION AND ARE BROUGHT TO FULL HEALTH FROM ANY ONGOING MEDICAL ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN UNTREATED. ONCE READY, THE CHILDREN ARE REUNITED BACK INTO THEIR FAMILIES WHERE THEY AND THEIR PARENTS CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SUPPORT AND EMPOWERMENT FROM MERCY PROJECT'S SOCIAL WORKERS.

    Expenses $346,375

  • MISSIONARY ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT: MERCY PROJECT HAS A COUNTRY DIRECTOR AND A MISSIONARY HOUSE THAT FUNCTIONS AS A HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL MERCY PROJECT WORK ON LAKE VOLTA AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. THEIR ROLE IS CRITICAL IN THE ONGOING RELATIONSHIPS AND PROBLEM SOLVING THAT COMES WITH SUCH A COMPLEX PROCESS.

    Expenses $21,505

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Christopher Field

    CEO/FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $47,917
    From this org
    $1,250
    From related orgs
    $19,167
    Other
    $27,500
    Hours/week
    10 + 5 related

  • Doug Page

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael Steele

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Keith Sewell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Derek Dictson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $516,069
    Expenses
    $486,450
    Contributions
    $531,049
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $483,710
    Expenses
    $548,913
    Contributions
    $522,896
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $457,933
    Expenses
    $485,722
    Contributions
    $476,080
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $769,142
    Expenses
    $732,600
    Contributions
    $799,003
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $601,036
    Expenses
    $594,628
    Assets (EOY)
    $430,108

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $711,253
    Expenses
    $613,587
    Assets (EOY)
    $426,542

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $712,010
    Expenses
    $706,933
    Assets (EOY)
    $387,092

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $709,678
    Expenses
    $702,423
    Assets (EOY)
    $351,447

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $577,153
    Expenses
    $688,723
    Assets (EOY)
    $335,204

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $572,497
    Expenses
    $552,997
    Assets (EOY)
    $381,528

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $769,067
    Expenses
    $625,089
    Assets (EOY)
    $338,607

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $597,452
    Expenses
    $517,720
    Assets (EOY)
    $192,890

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $587,922
    Expenses
    $632,123
    Assets (EOY)
    $110,991

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $369,080
    Assets (EOY)
    $150,281

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

  • GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

    $100,000

    2022 HUMAN SERVICES

  • DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

    $76,700

    2024 HUMAN SERVICES

  • DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

    $67,950

    2023 HUMAN SERVICES

  • BCS MARATHON

    $55,000

    2025 The grant is to support Mercy Project's mission to encourage development within Ghana in order to reduce the need for child slavery. The grant will help fund aquaculture projects on Lake Volta to encourage villagers to release their child slaves and for the rehabilitation of the released children.

  • BCS MARATHON

    $50,000

    2024 The grant is to support Mercy Project's mission to encourage development within Ghana in order to reduce the need for child slavery. The grant will help fund aquaculture projects on Lake Volta to encourage villagers to release their child slaves and for the rehabilitation of the released children.

  • NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

    $42,000

    2022 GROWTH

  • BCS MARATHON

    $36,000

    2022 The grant is to support Mercy Project's mission to encourage development within Ghana in order to reduce the need for child slavery. The grant will help fund aquaculture projects on Lake Volta to encourage villagers to release their child slaves and for the rehabilitation of the released children.

  • BCS MARATHON

    $35,100

    2023 The grant is to support Mercy Project's mission to encourage development within Ghana in order to reduce the need for child slavery. The grant will help fund aquaculture projects on Lake Volta to encourage villagers to release their child slaves and for the rehabilitation of the released children.

  • NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

    $14,000

    2023 GROWTH

  • NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

    $10,000

    2024 HUMAN TRAFFICKING

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2025 return

  • BCS MARATHON

    501(c)(3) · ORGANIZATION HOSTS A MARATHON AND SERIES OF RACES EACH YEAR · TX

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.