Become Good Soil

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
994673247
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Phone
7192105768
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$449,381
Expenses
$147,933
Assets
$341,875
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Morgan Snyder (President)
  • Cherie Snyder (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Morgan Snyder (President)
  • Cherie Snyder (Vice President)

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

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

Overview

Mission

To serve men and women called to positions of leadership who seek maturing as Jesus apprentices

What it reported doing in 2025

Become Good Soil BGS focused on building the foundation necessary to advance its mission. BSG nourished leaders across Outposts of Eden by providing bi-weekly apprenticeship resources aligned with its podcast, publishing 26 episodes, and fostering relationships with dozens of leaders worldwide. BSG led a mens week for 45 leaders and staff, supported men in hosting local Becoming a King retreats, leading small group experiences, co-led a large mens retreat in CO in partnership with Wild at Heart, and hosted multiple leadership intensives as well as a womens retreat. BSG launched its first website and app, migrating 14 years of content to a new platform, and created the 25 edition of A Souls Review. Additional accomplishments included strategic planning for future events, establishing The Grove 2026 initiative, and providing ongoing spiritual direction, counseling, prayer, and care to its constituency. These achievements were accomplished without paid employees, relying on volunteer leadership, parttime contractors, and significant inkind donations, maximizing donor resources.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 23
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 24
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 15.4%; rating input score 15
  • Program expense ratio: 44.8%; rating input score 45
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 67.1%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.31; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 15.4% of revenue deployed · 44.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 2 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $66K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 15/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.