Florida Phosphate Council Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873558221
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Lithia, FL, USA
Phone
8502053181
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$385,226
Expenses
$385,226
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sarah C Fedorchuk (President)
  • Paul Massoud (Vice President and Treasurer)
  • Okechukwu OK E Azie - To Apr (Vice President and Treasurer)
  • Russel Flugel (Vice President - Tax)
  • Todd W Madden - To Jul (Vice President - Tax)
  • Eileen H Stuart (Assistant Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Sarah C Fedorchuk (President)
  • Paul Massoud (Vice President and Treasurer)
  • Okechukwu OK E Azie - To Apr (Vice President and Treasurer)

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

To inform the public through social and traditional media the importance of Florida's phosphate industry. The Council's Phosphate Innovation initiative also increases public awareness of innovations occurring in phosphate mining and manufacturing that provide for greater efficiency, competitiveness and sustainability.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Florida Phosphate Council is the leading voice for the phosphate manufacturing industry in Florida, supporting its competitiveness and contribution to the state and nation. Phosphate is an essential nutrient and part of everyday life. Phosphate helps America's farmers grow more crops on fewer acres, keeps human bodies strong, and even helps clean human teeth. Before farmers can use phosphate products, they have to be produced. Florida is home to abundant phosphate deposits, and the state's phosphate industry is making responsible and sustainable phosphate by using the latest technology and environmental preservation techniques. Florida Phosphate Council and its Phosphate Innovation Initiative have logged more than 11 million impressions and engagements through various social media channels and more than 22,000 website visitors in 2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -19.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $385K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $385K reported
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.