Fight Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364948577
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Somis, CA, USA
Phone
8059144129
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$146,425
Expenses
$156,817
Assets
$1,518
Liabilities
$142,605

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Cherry de Windt (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Cherry de Windt (CEO): $1,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Making a difference in our community by teaching self-defense which helps build physical fitness, confidence, awareness and leadership.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our mission is to teach mixed martial arts and fitness lessons for all ages to benefit the community. These are general expenses to operate the foundation. We receive monthly contributions from families to cover our cost.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

REVIEW - 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: 13
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 21
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 14.6%; rating input score 15
  • Program expense ratio: 13.7%; rating input score 14
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 1st 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: Limited
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.1%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 93.94; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.9% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -64% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 14.6% of revenue deployed · 13.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $140K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1K · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 35 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 15/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.