Fathership Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462017780
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
2672328383
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$260,962
Expenses
$147,150
Assets
$178,760
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Jonathan Wilson (Executive Dir.)
  • Arthur MCcoy (Treasurer)
  • Ina Farrell (Secretary)

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 the Fathership Foundation is to provide community education and workforce development programs to increase the amount of formally educated/trianed, work-ready adults. The organization seeks to create and implement culturally competent interventions and programs that strengthen men, families and communitiees by supporting male parenting, formal education/training and communoty stewardship

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization successfully served over 500 youth and families in Southwest Philadelphia through a comprehensive suite of services focused on education, workforce development, and anti-violence programming. Key educational initiatives included the Expanded College Prep After-School Program, which delivered daily literacy and math tutoring to Title I elementary students, resulting in improved academic engagement and school-day performance. We also significantly strengthened our Workforce Development Program through a 49-hour model, providing essential job readiness training, resume building, mock interviews, and career planning, successfully connecting participants to employment and vocational pathways. To address community trauma and foster stability, we implemented Trauma-Informed Mentoring Programs, including the bi-monthly Man 2 Man Community Circle for fathers and men, alongside weekly programs for teen boys and girls focused on life skills and conflict resolution. We further delivered Consistent Community Stabilization Services through bi-monthly grocery giveaways serving hundreds of families, parenting classes, and family engagement workshops. High-impact community outreach was maintained by hosting events such as the annual College & Trades Fair (featuring 20+ institutions/employers), the 2-on-2 Me and My Dad Got Game Basketball Tournament, the Interfaith Prayer Breakfast & Seniors Resource Fair, and various holiday drives (Turkey Giveaway, Christmas Bike Giveaway). Furthermore, we Expanded Digital Literacy Access with weekly Introduction to Computers classes and partnerships for laptop distribution and beginner tech training. The organization increased its Strategic Partnerships with the City of Philadelphia, schools, nonprofits, and workforce partners, strengthening the pipeline to education and employment. This success culminated in securing a Major Public Investment of $250,000 from the City of Philadelphia to scale anti-violence and workforce programming, leveraging our strong community reach of over 75,000 social media followers and a 500+ participant database.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 43.6%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.21; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 24.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 43.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.