Fortify Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460795237
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Horse Cave, KY, USA
Phone
4172172425
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$21,345
Expenses
$16,378
Assets
$55,858
Liabilities
$2,354

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • William Moore (President)
  • Joseph Shawn Estes (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • William Moore (President)
  • Stacy Murphree (Treasurer)
  • Becky Baise (Secretary)

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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Fortify Ministries, Inc. was formed for charitable and religious purposes in order to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ and help in benevolence to those in need. Specifically, we want to encourage, equip and empower various ministries and organizations in Mexico. Currently we have partnerships with four specific church/charitable organizations...Pilar of Hope Orphanage, Iluminando a Corazones de niños con cancer, Iglesias Horeb and Casa de la Montana.

What it reported doing in 2022

Helping with the three ministries that we partner with on a weekly basis.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.3%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.41; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.2%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2012 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.