Faith Wins

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
820615418
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Prosperity, SC, USA
Phone
8039244596
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Management & Technical Assistance
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$862,305
Expenses
$883,821
Assets
$219,815
Liabilities
$2,988

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Chad Connelly (President)

People named in this filing

  • Chad Connelly (President)
  • Randy Page (Director)
  • Dr Paul Chappell (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 mission of Faith Wins is to: (1) Make sure Christian voices are heard and not ignored in the public arena, (2) Provide leaders with resources to leverage their influence, (3) Identify church liaisons to disseminate information about upcoming issues that affect the church, (4) Conduct voter registrations during each year, and (5) Connect with political thought leaders, candidates, and elected officials to develop trusting relationships and expanded influence.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Faith Wins team expanded our pastor outreach effort across America in 2025 and responded to pastors who were stirred by our message of engaging the public arena. Our team conducted pastor meetings and spoke to pastor conferences in North Carolina, South Carolina, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, California, Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia, New York, Iowa, Tennessee, New Hampshire, Minnesota, West Virginia, Oregon, Washington, Maine, and the District of Columbia in 2025. The pattern of holding smaller, more intimate meetings and growing those into larger gatherings has been very successful in gaining trust and influence in multiple denominations. We are constantly in the process of leveraging the relationships we've cultivated to continue to spread our influence, to hold voter registration drives in the various states, to assist in informing congregates of issues pertinent to the church in their local and state arenas, and to distribute voter guides in the churches prior to local, state and federal elections.

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.8%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • 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: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $873K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 24/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.