Frontline Missions Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582345963
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Fairburn, GA, USA
Phone
7707740641
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$808,431
Expenses
$765,171
Assets
$254,908
Liabilities
$7,358

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • HEIDI WINTER (EXECUTIVE DI): $75,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Frontline missions actively develops and cultivates dynamic partnerships within the global church to empower and equip leaders to reach their nations for christ. Instead of arriving at a community with our preconceived notions, frontline missions seeks out the community leaders and strategizes to discover root issues and goals that will have the most impact on the community. Through creative solutions such as bible storying, leadership training and economic development, entire communities encounter the transformative power of the gospel. We believe this approach honors the individuals and leaders in the community, builds lasting relationships, and sustains results over generations. Come join us you may connect with us on our social media sites here: facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frontlinemissionsinc instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frontlinemissions/ on x: https://x.com/fmusamissions

What it reported doing in 2024

First outreach: honduras - the tolupan people: an explosion of god's grace frontline missions has been "boots on the ground" in flower mountain for over twenty years. From our first encounters with the tolupan people, a primitive indigenous tribe entrenched in darkness, we saw that they were hungry to know the true and living god. Now there is a shining community of believers and the first true tolupan church has been birthed in this mountainous area of honduras. Over the years, our goal in flower mountain has been to see transformation through demonstrating the love of god and presenting the gospel of jesus christ, which has power to change lives and cultures. We have built trusting relationships with the chiefs, leaders, and the tolupan people. We have sought means of empowering them in their journey to serve their people and followed through in a variety of ways--from providing school supplies and tuition for their children, college sponsorship for their teachers, a coffee economy for their main agricultural product, an artisan development program, construction projects, and medical and dental clinics. Joy now shines from the tolupan people and their children. Because of generations of loss, the tolupan people were limited in their expression of emotion, weighed down by oppression and poverty. Yet in spite of all this, the gospel of jesus christ is doing the work, transforming the tolupan into the beautiful people they were meant to be those who were once considered "forgotten" are "forgotten no more." during 2024, 30 children received tuition scholarships, 600 received school supplies, 313 were attended in medical clinics, 500 were fed, 331 came to know christ, 30 have been in the artisan development program, and 600 pounds of coffee were purchased at double the local price. Beyond that, leadership strategies are being developed and implemented, including spiritual mentorship, upon the request of the tolupan leadership. Frontline missions is committed to providing ongoing practical help in these and other areas of mission services, as we have done over the last two decades. We rejoice in the explosion of god's grace working among the tolupan people of flower mountain 2024 abbreviated honduras statistics: salvations and recommitments: 313 people fed: 500 people seen at medical & dental clinics: 313

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Multi-channel. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 28% for direct work, 49% for grants, and 23% for affiliated organizations.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 73
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.2%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 78.4%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 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: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.4%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.2% of revenue deployed · 78.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $600K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $75K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.