D1 Discipleship

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
854261801
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Peewee Valley, KY, USA
Phone
8594943348
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$251,854
Expenses
$86,948
Assets
$2,063,553
Liabilities
$1,121,217

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Chris Morgan (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Eddie Johnson (Secretary/Director)
  • Lindsey Chastain (Director)
  • Larry Gough (Chairman/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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization is a 9 month intensive discipleship and leadership training program for post-college men from around the United States. During the program, participants will gain a better understanding of the big picture of the Bible from both old and new testaments in addition to learning systematic theology, apologetics, worldview and church history. Men will grow spiritually through intentional Discipleship and involvement in the local church.

What it reported doing in 2025

The objective is for students to learn god's word and be fully equipped to teach god's word to others. It is the goal of the organization that each student would either enter into full-time ministry after graduating and/or pursue ministry in whatever work field god calls them to.two students attended the 2025-2026 d1 discipleship program, which lasts 9 months. Both students lived on the property. The students attended a total of 124 classes and they were led by chris morgan, executive director. Each of the students served as fca character coaches in local middle and high schools throughout the year. They also helped care for the grounds of the property by mowing, weed eating, etc. The students also had to take quarterly tests and make presentations throughout the program. The program was active from august 2025-may 2026.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 43
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 65
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28.1%; rating input score 28
  • Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 65.5%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 23.73; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.54; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 64.5% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 28.1% of revenue deployed · 81.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $61K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 28/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.