Fostering Unity Energizing Leadership

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461072251
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Denton, TX, USA
Phone
9703712532
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Leadership Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$52,500
Expenses
$52,111
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GARRETT VARRA (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • WILLIAM H JERKE (EXEC DIRECTO)
  • GARRETT VARRA (PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID HAGERMAN (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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Fostering unity and energizing leadership (f.u.e.l.)is a membership organization of businesses engaged in extraction and agriculture. Its primary focus is to provide information to the general public about these activities in a truthful and transparent manner which furthers the goals of both the general public and the industries represented.

What it reported doing in 2020

Provided numerous programs and one-on-one activities to promote the extraction and agricultural industries in northern Colorado

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.3%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -29.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $52K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2015 to 2020
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.