Fields of Promise Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
571235074
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Phone
7855505179
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adoption

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$96,604
Expenses
$69,800
Assets
$232,730
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Pamela Zicker (Co-Founder, Volunteer Executive Director)
  • Valerie Smith (Board President)

People named in this filing

  • Pamela Zicker (Co-Founder, Volunteer Executive Director)
  • Steven Zicker (Co-Founder, Secretary)
  • Valerie Smith (Board President)

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

Fields of Promise exists to transform the lives of orphans, vulnerable families, the blind, and those impacted by severe poverty through sponsorship, community-based care, sustainable development, education, holistic mentoring, capacity building and veterinary development. Our vision is accomplished through giving campaigns, sponsorship coordination, volunteer service trips, and partnering with like-minded indigenous organizations in Ethiopia.

What it reported doing in 2025

Donated materials to partners in Ethiopia including Imago Dei counseling center and Mekelle Veterinary School as well as Operation Rescue Mekelle and Adwa and Adigrat for capacity building for staff to do their jobs and the children's programming. Electronic equipment such as laptops and Chromebooks for staff and university students as well as Kindle readers for children's library were provided as well as clothing and shoes, and recreational equipment was provided for beneficiaries. This amount does not include items donated by community members which were also transported by volunteers and distributed.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 78% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.7%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.7%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.33; rating input score 77; 77th 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: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.7% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 6 filed program accomplishments · $68K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.