Honorable Character
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 261582129
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Fort Worth, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8179841566
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $35,850
- Expenses
- $77,033
- Assets
- $121,746
- Liabilities
- $2,944
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- VICKI VAUGHN (Executive Dir.)
- NANCY BERMAN (Director)
- JOSHUA BOSTIC (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The primary mission of honorable character, inc. Is to promote and build the character of children through honorable character's propietary systems known as the honorable character classroom management system and the honorable character home system. Honorable character's proprietary systems are developed to support the effort in building a robust sense of discipline and a powerful commitment to biblical principles that will last a lifetime. Young people of all ages are guided through a process that emphasizes character traits through the efforts of the children themselves. The proprietary systems are marketed to schools and individuals for the purpose of promoting character developemnt in children.
What it reported doing in 2024
The honorable character system was sold or donated to 78 different people/organizations during the year for use in the home and in school classrooms. The exact number of people who benefited from the use is not known as the systems are used in homes with multiple children and in mulitple classrooms with mulitple students. The honorable character system was sold/donated to 5 new schools in 2024-2025. This represents an estimated 100 classrooms, 1,800 students.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 61.1%; rating input score 61
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -114.9%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -21.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 61.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $47K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.