Marked Men For Christ
Legal name: Marked Men for Christ Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 470872995
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Denver, CO, USA
- Phone
- 720-549-2877
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Protestant
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,484,202
- Expenses
- $1,231,923
- Assets
- $1,087,110
- Liabilities
- $4,922
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Steve Spicer (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Steve Spicer (CEO): $131,796 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Marked Men for Christ is a global Christian men’s healing and discipleship ministry that leads men through a 44-hour transformational encounter—freeing them from past wounds and awakening them to their God-given identity and purpose. Join our ONGOING faith-strengthening small groups for Marked Men who have completed Phases 1 & 2. These groups meet weekly or bi-weekly to sharpen, strengthen, and support each other as you live out your Godly mission. More Events & Services for you powered by Marked Men For Christ [](. That’s where Marked Men For Christ (MMFC) comes in. We create a safe space where men can be honest about their struggles—without fear, shame, or judgment. We help them realize they’re not alone. As James 5:16 reminds us, healing comes through confession, prayer, and support. When men experience that healing, they begin to live in purpose, and strength. Strengthening Men...
What it reported doing in 2025
We are Celebrating 24-years of ministry (est. December 2001)Our global training of God's men, experienced our 600th Phase 1 Experience in September.We conducted a Total 57- Phase 1's on 4-continents in 11-countries! Includes a NEW geography London, England, and also in the Dominican Republic, Philippines, Kenya, Korea, Poland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Belize & throughout the USA! OVER 1,500 NEW men were served on Phase 1 Experiences-MOST EVER! (Total 18,747)
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 77% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has grown recently. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 55
- Accountability: 59
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.9%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 86.3%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $15.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th 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: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 17%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.7%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 7 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 71.9% of revenue deployed · 86.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 14 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $132K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.