AsOne Ministries

What AsOne Ministries does

AsOne Ministries is a US-incorporated 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2015 by Andrew DeVaney and Henry Iwumbwe, headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with operational headquarters in Namayemba, Uganda. The organization delivers a holistic community development model across eight rural Ugandan communities, integrating four service pillars: education (nursery, primary, and high schools serving approximately 4,100 students), healthcare (eight health centers including Healing Grace Medical Centers, handling an estimated 65,000 unique medical visits), agriculture (training 36,700+ smallholder farmers via the FIPS Africa Village-Based Advisor model), and enterprise/vocational training (510+ youth in job training, community grain mills, and tailoring centers).

The business model blends charitable giving with a deliberate earned-revenue strategy. Donations, including the Scholars monthly giving program averaging $76 per donor per month, one-time gifts, and event-driven fundraising, fund community launch and capital expenses. Once operational, each community is designed to recover operating costs through school fees, health center fees, and revenue from local businesses (e.g., Mayuge Grain Millers, tailoring centers). In 2025, earned revenue covered 86% of community operating expenses and the organization claims a 95% operational self-sustaining rate. Immersion trips priced at $1,200+ per traveler and 1,300+ active supporters provide additional revenue and donor engagement.

The organization is led by co-founder/CEO Andrew DeVaney alongside a US Board and a Ugandan National Board (Company Limited by Guarantee), with 470+ local Ugandan staff implementing programs and 6 US-based staff supporting fundraising and operations. AsOne holds a 4-Star Charity Navigator rating, ECFA accreditation, GuideStar Platinum status, and Excellence in Giving Certified Transparent status, and is listed as a Praxis portfolio organization. Recent strategic activity centers on expansion to a tenth community by 2027, with the Pallisa community opened in February 2026 and land acquired in Namutumba for a ninth.

Name

AsOne Ministries

Legal name

AsOne Ministries

Website

https://asoneafrica.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

AsOne Ministries is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating across eight rural Ugandan communities, integrating education, healthcare, agriculture, and enterprise programs staffed by 470+ local Ugandans, funded by individual donations, monthly Scholars giving, and earned revenue from community businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Community Development & Humanitarian Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Access & Quality (International Development) (BPAGABAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based & Mission Service Programs (EDAIAGAI), Rural Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment (BPAGABAA), Workforce Readiness, Career Pathways & Youth Employment Nonprofits (BPAGADAF), Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (MNCAH) NGOs (HLAJAKAG)

Keywords

• Community development services
• Nonprofit humanitarian aid
• Rural education programs
• Faith-based ministry
• International development ngo

Headquarters

HQ city

Sioux Falls

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Individual donors contribute one-time and recurring donations to fund community development programs. The Scholars program offers monthly giving at an average of $76/month. 100% of online donations support programs in Uganda.
2. Earned Revenue from Community Businesses: In 2025, earned revenue covered 86% of community operating expenses. AsOne operates community businesses including grain mills, tailoring centers, and agricultural enterprises that generate revenue while creating local employment and economic opportunity.
3. Immersion Trip Fees: The organization charges $1,200+ per person for immersion trips to Uganda, plus costs for airfare, visas, vaccinations, and personal spending. These trips provide experiential engagement for supporters while generating revenue.
4. Program Service Revenue: Schools and health centers generate revenue through fees paid by community members. Programs are designed to be financially sustainable with communities receiving and paying for services. Uganda programs generate over $1.2 million annually in earned revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

AsOne Ministries builds self-sustaining communities in rural Uganda by operating an integrated model in each location: Christ-centered schools (nursery, primary, high school), community health centers, agricultural training through the FIPS Africa Village-Based Advisor model, and vocational/job training supported by community businesses such as grain mills and tailoring centers. Programs are staffed and led by 470+ local Ugandan employees and increasingly funded by earned revenue generated within the communities. Supporters engage through the Scholars monthly giving program, one-time donations, and $1,200+ immersion trips to Uganda.

Product overview

AsOne Ministries operates a holistic community development model across rural Uganda, consisting of four integrated pillars: education (nursery, primary, and high schools), healthcare (health centers), agriculture (farmer training programs), and economic opportunities (job training and community businesses). The organization runs a sustainable earned-revenue model where donations launch new communities, and local revenue sustains ongoing operations. Key programs include AsOne Schools, AsOne Health Centers, the AsOne Scholars Program (monthly giving), AsOne Immersion Trips, and community businesses like grain mills. In 2025, earned revenue covered 86% of community operating expenses, demonstrating the model's financial sustainability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AsOne Scholars: A scholarship program and community of monthly donors committed to seeing people flourish through education and discipleship in Uganda, established in 2018.
• AsOne Trips
• Healing Grace Medical Center

Products and services

• AsOne Schools (Nursery, Primary & High Schools) Christ-centered nursery, primary, and high schools operated across rural Ugandan communities, enrolling approximately 4,100 students with academic and spiritual formation programming.
• AsOne Health Centers (Healing Grace Medical Centers)
• AsOne Farmer Training Program
• AsOne Economic Opportunities / Job Training
• AsOne Immersion Trips
• AsOne Community Businesses (e.g., Mayuge Grain Millers, Tailoring Centers)

Quantifiable outcome

• 36,700 farmers trained with 85% seeing income increase
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• FIPS Africa (VBA Model)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFIPS Africa (Farm Input Promotions Africa) provides the Village-Based Advisor (VBA) model for agricultural training. AsOne's team of local agriculture experts uses this model to train farmers in sustainable practices, with 36,700 rural farmers trained through the partnership.
• Charity NavigatorcoreOthersCharity Navigator provides independent evaluation of charities, awarding AsOne Ministries its highest 4-star rating for transparency and accountability.
• GuideStar (Candid)coreOthersGuideStar (now Candid) provides nonprofit information and transparency ratings. AsOne Ministries is a Platinum GuideStar Exchange Participant.
• Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA)coreOthersECFA provides accreditation for Christian nonprofits demonstrating financial accountability. AsOne Ministries holds 2025 ECFA membership.
• Excellence in GivingcoreOthersExcellence in Giving provides charity evaluation and transparency certification. AsOne Ministries is Certified Transparent with Excellence in Giving.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Samaritan's Purse: Large evangelical humanitarian organization with significant Uganda presence and integrated programs in education, health, agriculture, and disaster relief; Managing Director Susan Davis previously worked there, making it a directly comparable talent-flow and operating-model peer.
• Plan International USA: Major international NGO with substantial Uganda programs spanning education, health, youth economic empowerment, and child rights — overlapping with AsOne's pillars though broader in geography and less explicitly faith-based.
• World Vision International: One of the largest Christian humanitarian organizations globally, with major operations in Uganda including child sponsorship, education, health, and livelihoods programming — a much larger incumbent operating in the same integrated community development space.

Direct peers

• ChildFund International: Faith-rooted international child-focused development organization with active Uganda operations, similar sponsorship-driven funding model, and comparable integrated programming around education, health, and youth economic opportunity.
• Food for the Hungry: Christian international relief and development organization implementing community-led transformation programs (similar to AsOne's model) including education, health, agriculture, and economic development in multiple countries.
• Compassion International: Large faith-based child sponsorship and holistic child development organization operating in Uganda and 20+ countries, with comparable integration of education, health, and economic empowerment pillars and similar monthly donor/scholarship model.
• Bright Hope: Smaller evangelical community development organization implementing church-led holistic programs in Uganda, including education, economic empowerment, and agriculture — directly comparable model and scale to AsOne.
• HOPE International: Christ-centered microenterprise and community development organization working in Uganda with savings groups, vocational training, and economic empowerment programming — directly comparable to AsOne's enterprise/agriculture pillar.

Emerging players

• Prison Fellowship Uganda / African Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries: Faith-rooted reconciliation, education, and community development organization with significant Uganda programming overlapping AsOne's education and community transformation pillars.

Regional players

• African Leadership Mission: Faith-based community development and leadership training organization focused on Uganda and East Africa, with comparable locally-led transformation model and church-partnership approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/asoneafrica

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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