Isaiah Ministry
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271858125
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Clayton, NC, USA
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Adult, Child Matching Programs
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $59,934
- Expenses
- $58,778
- Assets
- $87,179
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- Michael Folsom (Treasurer)
- Wesley Buchta (Secretary)
- Ryan Moore (Vice Chairman)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our vision for the ministry is that we would be human vessels aglow with the hope and love of Jesus in the midst of a dim and corrupt world; lighting up the darkness as signal flares light up the sky as they soar into the pitch black that surrounds them. Our desire is to see as many lives touched by the finger of God as possible and to be signposts that point all around us to the Master. We understand that in order to transform a community a home must first be transformed and in order for a home to be transformed a life in that home must first be transformed. As a ministry we are not so concerned with programs and projects as we are with the person right in front of us. The Gospel traveled and conquered the world beginning with just One and spreading like wildfire one by one turned the world upside down. Programs events and meetings are vehicles through which we love our surrounding communities and spread spiritual life and hope.
What it reported doing in 2024
Fervent Fire provided a home for a family in need and also renovated the home adding an additional room to the property for housing for another individual in need.
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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.1%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 89.8%; rating input score 90
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.9%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.48; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -16.6% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.1% of revenue deployed · 89.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $53K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.