Dynamics for Living

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
731444594
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Tulsa, OK, USA
Phone
9184078464
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,983
Expenses
$37,813
Assets
$21,404
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • William K Hatfield (President)

People named in this filing

  • William K Hatfield (President)
  • Sharon J Hatfield (Secretary/Treasurer)

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

Dynamics for Living is organized exclusively for religious, educational, and charitable purposes. Dynamics for Living has outreach projects that benefit the community at large and specifically, school-aged children, homeless, and churches with the help of shoes and coats to children, gasoline for needy individuals, food and blankets to the homeless, and support to missionaries. Publishing is another arm of our ministry, with a monthly newsletter and book giveaways with Billy's books.

What it reported doing in 2025

Dynamics for Living has three categories of outreach: print, including newsletters and books; Hatfield McCoy events (Billy Hatfield is the great-grandson of Devil Anse Hatfield; and supporting and helping small churches. Dynamics for Living has invested in the local and national communities to help individuals with basic needs. The primary focus of the organization is outreach to people in need, primarily working through the local churches. Dynamics for Living gave a scholarship of $1000 to a high school student in Kentucky, provided coats to students in local elementary schools, went to gas stations and paid for people's gasoline, bought food and supplies for homeless people, went to local churches to help finance outreaches, sent money to support overseas missionaries, Billy Hatfield went to Kentucky and West Virginia to preach and present the scholarship, Dynamics for Living has a monthly newsletter highlighting the $activities and outreaches.

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: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 77.7%; rating input score 78

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -45.5%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 51.5% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 52.6% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 77.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.