Armor of Truth Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
870978554
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Hudson, NC, USA
Rating
96
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religious Media, Communications
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$108,826
Expenses
$108,809
Assets
$476

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Brad Ward (Director officer)
  • Summer Black (Director officer)
  • Susan Heinemann (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Armor of Truth Inc. exists to proclaim and defend the biblical worldview through cultural apologetics theological education and gospel-centered public engagement. In 2025 we produced over 100 hours of livestreamed teaching investigative content and long-form interviews addressing pressing cultural issues from a Christian perspective. We published digital articles maintained a direct-to-audience communications platform and launched a mobile app to expand ministry access and engaged in in-person teaching and evangelism. The organization also invested in studio upgrades and educational resources to improve content delivery and continue equipping believers and ministering to all people.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025 Armor of Truth Inc. expanded its digital apologetics ministry by producing livestream teaching creating long-form biblical worldview content publishing theological articles and launching a mobile app to broaden ministry access. These activities were supported in part by a restricted grant from the SEH Tabitha Foundation which was used exclusively for operational needs including rent studio upgrades digital platforms and educational resources.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 65%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $109K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.