Mightycause Foundation

Legal name: Mightycause Charitable Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272499903
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Marianna, FL, US
Phone
2026601907
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$105,896,264
Expenses
$103,758,570
Assets
$6,620,228
Liabilities
$603,990

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THOMAS MATTHEWS (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRYCE MELVIN (TREASURER): $28,129 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Better fundraising for a better tomorrow. Mightycause Foundation is an independent public charity committed to fostering grass roots support of US based 501(c)(3)s, while providing fundraising education and ensuring secure payment options for donors. Mightycause Foundation is an IRS recognized 501(c)(3) public charity that Mightycause Global Corporation (“Mightycause”) helped launch, but now operates as an independent Foundation while sharing Mightycause’s charitable vision and name. 2. Why did Mightycause launch Mightycause Foundation? Mightycause, like Mightycause Foundation, is committed to making the grass roots support of charitable causes quick, easy, and efficient while satisfying all legal requirements and providing donors complete electronic records for personal accounting and tax purposes. To that end, Mightycause seeks to affiliate with charities that share its charitable...

What it reported doing in 2024

Mightycause charitable foundation partnered with over 80 community foundations and charitable organizations, including givemn, the miami foundation, park city community foundation, and the Georgia center for nonprofits, to organize and facilitate community giving events. These events assisted with high-volume fundraising by providing cost-efficient digital platforms to participating nonprofits. During these events, donors made advised contributions to the foundation's donor advised fund in support of qualified nonprofit organizations highlighted by the respective community foundations. The foundation's online nonprofit database provided potential donors with information about participating charities, enabling donors to select organizations that aligned with their philanthropic goals. Real-time leaderboards tracked organizations receiving the most donor-advised grants by amount and by number of donors, creating engaging, competitive environments that stimulated charitable giving. In 2024, partnering foundations and community groups provided over 65 million in matching grants to nonprofits receiving donor-advised grants during the events, serving as key incentives for participation. These giving events also advanced the foundation's educational mission by providing training and resources to participating nonprofits on online fundraising, social media engagement, and methods to expand their networks of donors and volunteers. The initiatives undertaken by the foundation beginning in 2011 continued to expand and proved instrumental in building organizational capacity and supporting the growth of digital philanthropy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.9%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 99.9%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: $25,034.58 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 82.9%; rating input score 83; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 97.9% of revenue deployed · 99.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $103.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $28K · 4 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $2.3M reported
  • Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3310 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3297 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.