Family Research Council Action

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521805562
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2023932100
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,417,694
Expenses
$2,023,418
Assets
$596,823
Liabilities
$958,211

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JODY HICE (PRESIDENT (PART YEAR))
  • WILLIAM BOYKIN (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRENT KEILEN (VICE PRESIDENT (PART YEAR))

Highest reported compensation

  • ANTHONY PERKINS (CHAIRMAN): $458,255 total reported compensation
  • JODY HICE (PRESIDENT (PART YEAR)): $248,502 total reported compensation
  • WILLIAM BOYKIN (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT): $197,794 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Founded in 1992, frc action is the non-profit and tax-exempt legislative action arm of family research council. Its mission is to educate both the general public and cultural leaders (continued on schedule o)about traditional american values and to promote the philosophy of the founding father concerning the nature of ordered liberty. Frc action fortifies the traditional foundations of civil society through its efforts to educate, inform, and influence elected and appointed officials in support of the country's historic ideals of equality under the law, and the unalienable rights of life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness.

What it reported doing in 2024

General program areas: frc action utilizes personal meetings with legislators, tv, radio and internet ad campaigns, targeted grassroots mobilization, petitions, and more to advocate in favor of pro-family policies. Frc action communicates to grassroots supporters on a regular basis through action update emails, action alerts, and action press releases. At the grassroots level, frc action works daily to impact policy by scoring key votes, sending e-mail alerts to constituents, and working with allied organizations. (continued on schedule o)to accomplish its goals, frc action employs virtually every form of modern media. At the forefront of frc action's efforts is its primary website, frcaction.org, through which constituents can voice their values to their elected officials and other government officials. Frc action utilizes alerts, social media graphics, and informational materials to raise pastors', churches', and individuals' awareness of important developments and issues related to religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and strong families. Through our grassroots alerts, frc action enabled its constituents to contact their elected leaders to urge them to take the right positions on important legislation. Frc action produces various informational products, including research reports, email alerts, talking points, and brochures. Additionally, frc action's annual congressional vote scorecard continues to influence congressional votes each year. The scorecard grades legislators based upon key votes related to faith, family, and freedom.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 73%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -42.7%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.61; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.2%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 73% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $458K · 11 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $111K reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.