Fields of the Fatherless

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
261677479
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Reva, VA, USA
Phone
5403176916
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Personal Social Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$75,193
Expenses
$80,613
Assets
$32,473
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lisa N Lyons (President and Director)
  • Edward W Lyons (Vice-President, Treasurer and Director)

People named in this filing

  • Lisa N Lyons (President and Director)
  • Edward W Lyons (Vice-President, Treasurer and Director)
  • Gilbert O Lane (Secretary and 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To support, train, equip, and care for orphans and impoverished children.

What it reported doing in 2025

Grants given to Soweto Academy in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya helped pay for teachers' salaries, food and medical care for the students, as well as housing for the high school girls, and other expenses related to the operation of the school and medical clinic, including electricity, office and medical supplies, uniforms, classroom materials, books, sports, travel costs associated with school activities, administrative expenses, and repair and refurbishment of classrooms, medical clinic, kitchen, dining hall, bathrooms, and dormitory building.

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 100% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.9%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 91.3%; rating input score 91

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: -7.2%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 27; 27th 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: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.9% of revenue deployed · 91.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $74K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.