Family Lines

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270950152
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Eureka, MT, USA
Phone
5096991046
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$184,690
Expenses
$208,722
Assets
$136,404
Liabilities
$3,360

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Jon Hagedorn (Founder Chariman)
  • Julie Hagedorn (Secretary)
  • Kevin Talcott (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

Using fishing as our flagship activity, we provide inspiration, resources, and experiences aimed at helping fathers (and father figures) stay present and engaged in their children's lives - physically, emotionally, and spiritually - especially during the most formative (teen) and impactful (post-teen) years.

What it reported doing in 2025

Equip & Educate: Our curricula and trainings are the "heart" of Family Lines - helping dads, and leaders of other dads by giving them tools, training, and inspiration to awaken and encourage the fathers they lead in their churches and communities. In 2025 our "Mending Lines" videos were viewed by 6,120 people on Right Now Media, impacting an estimated 25000-35000 people in total (according to Right Now Media). 83 small group facilitators across the country downloaded our "Mending Lines" facilitator curriculum, increasing our small group reach by an estimated 600+ fathers in 2025. At the end of 2025 "Mending Lines" was in 50 states and multiple countries. In addition to this we hosted virtual trainings designed to equip facilitators who gather and lead small groups of fathers and children on a regular basis. We also hosted a monthly "Dadvocate" group for fathers around the country who were looking for support and encouragement. This dynamic group averaged 6 dads per month from all different time zones in the US. Additionally we spoke 5 days, at 3 family events, to 600+ parents/children, bringing a message to help challenge and inspire fathers to "stay engaged and finish strong" in the lives of their kids and family.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 81% 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. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 48
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 44.4%; rating input score 44

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 62.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51% of revenue deployed · 44.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $93K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.