Decision Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823887011
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Hudson, OH, USA
Phone
3305548275
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$57,182
Expenses
$40,601
Assets
$85,059
Liabilities
$329

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KIRK THOMSEN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KRISTEN THOMSEN (SECRETARY/ T)
  • KIRK THOMSEN (PRESIDENT)
  • MARIAN THOMSEN (VICE PRESIDE)

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

Decision foundation is a ministry that desires to help people know christ and grow in their personal relationship with him. This mission will be accomplished by encouraging: personal evangelism - reaching the world with the gospel of jesus christ one person at a time through personal witness, and training others to share their faith, in order to reach and engage others in the community for the cause of jesus christ. Discipleship - practicing the process of discipleship, equipping people to become disciples of christ and to become reproducing disciple-makers, who follow the five key decisions for a disciple of christ: - have a daily quiet time - talk to god in prayer - study god's word - memorize god's word - obey god's word

What it reported doing in 2025

Education - providing outreach, discipleship, teaching, training and resources for people, in order to promote, teach and facilitate the study of the bible, and support and augment the continuing work of the local church(s) by providing instruction to christians in matters of faith and conduct. The organization accomplishes this goal of relgious education through the provision of printed teaching materials and the conduct of periodic conferences and small group training sessions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

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

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.9%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.09; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 36.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $41K 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: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.