Friends of Ft Liberte

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
550727588
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
South Charleston, WV, USA
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Coalitions
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$616,241
Expenses
$608,187
Assets
$381,700
Liabilities
$-136

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ASHLEY ENTERLINE (CHAIRMAN OF COMMUNITY CARE)
  • BONNIE WOODRUM (SECRETARYCHAIR CLINIC)
  • LES ENTERLINE (VICE CHAIR CLINIC COORDINATOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To support programs in fort liberte, haiti through a partnership with the jerusalem baptist church for the purposes of helping the poor by providing educational opportunities, training, medical care, food and water, shelter for the homeless, and working to improve the community

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide medical treatment for 2,500 needy residents of ft liberte, haiti. Acute care, maintenance and general health promotion is provided in the community through the eben ezer clinic, staffed by a haitian doctor and local nurses and auxilary personnel and in cooperation with local health ministry. The clinic serves the community weekdays and for emergencies. Acute and chronic problems are addresssed and patients are often referred and covered for eye exams, dental work or surgery. The staff is supplemented by visiting american medical teams and medicines, supplies and equipment are provided by the teams and ffl to keep the clinic open. Ffl supports the local health and human services and that for specific health issues no one is turned away based on ability to pay, race or religion.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 89% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 54
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.8%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 96.1%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Limited
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Limited
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.8% of revenue deployed · 96.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 10 filed program accomplishments · $584K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 17 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.