Forerunner Ministries Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 880521394
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Sarasota, FL, USA
- Phone
- 9418098146
- Rating
- 96
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $137,069
- Expenses
- $141,663
- Assets
- $95,233
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RYAN J SCHRAG (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- RYAN J SCHRAG (PRESIDENT)
- MARILYN YODER (VICE PRESIDE)
- DAVID VANDERPOL (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Forerunner ministries is believing for and pursuing revival in our land. As the bride of christ is awakened, we will see families restored, communities transformed, and many lost souls come to salvationthus, making ready, many people for the lords return.
What it reported doing in 2025
Provide space for people to encounter the lord through community nights of worship and prayer, 24 hour prayer/worship burns, as well as teaching and training.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 90% 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
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: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.4%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 48.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 52.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $142K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.