Fresh Start Mentoring

Legal name: Fresh Start Ministries & Mentoring Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274064287
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Palm Harbor, FL, US
Phone
727-249-6876
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$73,358
Expenses
$70,810
Assets
$141,840

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Herbert Schluderberg (President)

People named in this filing

  • Herbert Schluderberg (President)
  • Stan Reedy (Director)
  • Melinda Jones (Director)

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

To provide court-involved mentoring programs for adults in Pinellas and Pasco Counties, Florida, focusing on addiction recovery and reentry support.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, Fresh Start Ministries & Mentoring Inc. conducted 307 mentoring sessions serving participants in Pinellas County. The program served an average of 14 participants per month and mentored 38 new participants during the year, expanding access to structured support services within the community. Sixteen individuals successfully completed the mentoring program and earned certificates of completion, demonstrating measurable progress and achievement. Additionally, 32 sessions were provided to individuals who completed the formal mentoring curriculum but chose to continue engagement on a less structured basis, reflecting strong retention and sustained involvement. These accomplishments highlight Fresh Start Ministries & Mentoring Incs continued commitment to providing structured mentorship and ongoing support to individuals in Pinellas County.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.5%; rating input score 97
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.5%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 51.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 96.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.