Fit International

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330270664
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
6198850009
Rating
49
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$386,588
Expenses
$359,884
Assets
$42,757
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KIRT RUSSELL EDWARDS (President & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • SUSAN DENISE EDWARDS (Director): $9,884 total reported compensation
  • KIRT RUSSELL EDWARDS (President & CEO): $3,800 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The specific purpose of this corporation is to provide educational and consulting services and resources that bring transformation in people's knowledge, wisdom, skills, attitudes, and motives so that they can be loving people who are successful in their relationhips with god and the people in their homes, schools, workplace, government, places of workship, and other nations of the world.

What it reported doing in 2024

A. Provide weekly English Tutoring via the Internet to students from Asia and the Middle East."b. Provide in-person and Internet instruction and counseling to students and leaders in multiple countries of Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.c. Raised funds from USA donors to provide funds to assist refugees, orphans and educational institutions and teachers from multiple nations.d. Provided financial assistance and internet counseling to refugees and earthquake victims from Asia living in Turkey.e. Provide weekly Internet meetings with leaders in Asia and Africa, as well as monthly with leaders in Europe, in order to discern the needs of the poor and to communicate with appropriate foreign government officials that allowed us access to help the poor.f. Provide logistical support and funding for food, disaster relief, medical treatment, etc., for those with little or no financial resources.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.7%; rating input score 42
  • Program expense ratio: 44.8%; rating input score 45
  • 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; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.9%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.7% of revenue deployed · 44.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 6 board members independent · 0 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $161K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $10K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.