Freedom Fighting Missionaries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852791045
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Charlotte, NC, USA
Phone
7045210878
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Temporary Housing

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,483,536
Expenses
$1,521,151
Assets
$1,054,879
Liabilities
$1,000,000

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kenneth Robinson (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Kenneth Robinson (President): $92,250 total reported compensation
  • Maurice Collins (Executive Dir.): $69,154 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We provide services and resources to our returning citizens and those who are criminal justice involved. We utilize our lived experience to lead a path toward self sufficiency. Our mission is to help make the best out of a second chance.

What it reported doing in 2024

FFM provides identifications, healthcare referrals, employment assistance and housing to those who are formerly incarcerated or justice involved and homeless children who are registered in the McKinney-Vento program and have a parent or caregiver who has a background. FFM served 496 clients in 2023 and impacted thousands, FFM provided housing assistance to 187 clients including 38 who were coming from unsheltered homelessness. FFM provides identifications, healthcare and mental health referrals, employment assistance, housing , and homeownership counseling to those who are formerly incarcerated or justice involved, homeless children who are registered in the McKinney-Vento program and have a parent or caregiver who has a background and low income seniors at 20% AMI and below. FFM received 816 requests for services in 2024 and served 194 clients with Identifications, 247 with employment services, made 320 healthcare/ health insurance referrals, provided permanent housing to 122 individuals and 488 youth experiencing homelessness. FFM provided utility assistance to 45 families. FFM held 3 community events and one fundraising gala. FFM closed on 1.83 acres of land to build its first housing development, a 24 unit complex complete with wrap-around services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% 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

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.5%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 69.8%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $49.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 11
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.5%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.95; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 43.8% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 47.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 103.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.5% of revenue deployed · 69.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $92K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.