Front Porch Memphis Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
991499454
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Memphis, TN, USA
Phone
9014946123
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,870,560
Expenses
$244,478
Assets
$6,352,875
Liabilities
$1,606,563

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Melissa Todd (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Burt Waller (Board Member)
  • Katie Parker (Board Member)
  • Sara Breazeale (Board Member)

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

The Front Porch Memphis Inc. shall be a true center of Memphis as a place where the entire community can connect to one another over big moments that life brings or the smallest encounter that creates a ripple of good across the community. The Front Porch Memphis Inc. is about showing up staying safe and knowing someone was expecting you; seeking to serve as a catalyst to bring families and individuals into a closer alignment with their Christian faith and spiritual pursuits through the development of a Center for gathering on the Second Baptist Church Memphis Campus that provides a place of grace and hospitality for all; and being a center of community that welcomes those who are seeking to be more intentional about their spiritual life or spiritual practices in community while connecting with their own personal and family sources of spiritual strength.

What it reported doing in 2025

Completed construction of The Front Porch facility and began to deliver program services providing facility space for different organizations to offer their services to clients and customers. Also space was provided for organizations and individuals to conduct meetings educational sessions informational seminars and other activities for business and social groups. Also a large event space was provided for public and private events including monthly free events to the public.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 26
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 6.2%; rating input score 6
  • Program expense ratio: 47.1%; rating input score 47
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 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: 86.9%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 25.99; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 169.9% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -51% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 61.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 6.2% of revenue deployed · 47.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $115K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $4M reported
  • Consistency: 44 of 44 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.