Frontier Partners Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844690913
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Palmer Lake, CO, USA
Phone
7192863144
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$966,765
Expenses
$950,322
Assets
$45,995
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL PARKS (CHAIR/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL PARKS (CHAIR/CEO): $46,039 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Frontier partners, inc (fpi) serves communities in crisis, impoverished, oppressed, and persecuted, often for their national origin, race, and tribe, who receive little or no assistance. Fpi serves them with dignity and respect while building relationships that allow us to help them through crises and build secure and prosperous communities in our areas of service. Fpi trains and strengthens local communities to do the same in neighboring regions by working strategically with local, regional, and national leaders to bring religious freedom and civil society to their people. The goal of our mission is be obedient to the commands of jesus and to carry out the great commandment and the great commission.

What it reported doing in 2025

2025 achievements include: strengthened the church throughout northern iraq and kurdish regions through teaching and donating biblical theological materials. Hosted conferences for pastors and leaders in the challenging region. Hosted seminars on human rights and religious freedom, thereby promoting peace in the region. Assisted and provided garden supplies to the displaced yazidi families in northern iraq to feed hundreds of families. Distributed wheelchairs and other mobility devices to people with disabilities and their families in lebanon and syria. Provided ongoing support and education to syrian refugees who face severe persecution. Delivered aid, relief, and development in latakia region to those injured by the militants slaughter. Helped refugess in jordan with relief, medical care, micro-business and leadership training. Provided relief, sustainable development, and leadership training across north and east aftrica. Provided pastors across north africa with motorcycles and jesus film backpacks to share the good news to the lost, encourage believers, and train leaders throughtout the region.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

STRONG - 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: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.7%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 84.2%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $25.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd 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: 75%; rating input score 75; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.7%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.7% of revenue deployed · 84.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $800K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $46K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.