Restoration Project
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273144717
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Fort Collins, CO, United States
- Phone
- 9702176816
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $967,444
- Expenses
- $954,430
- Assets
- $388,530
- Liabilities
- $132,819
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JESSE FRENCH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JESSE FRENCH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $41,680 total reported compensation
- CHIS BRUNO (CHIEF VISIONARY): $21,720 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Shape legacies for the Kingdom by helping men recover the story God wrote for them before evil came against them; giving tools for restorative manhood so families are restored and the Kingdom advances one man, one home, one generation at a time. During the years of 1997-2007, while on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ in the Middle East, our CEO Chris Bruno worked closely with hundreds of men of all ages as they struggled to come to grips with their own stories and masculinity. These kitchen table conversations created in him a deep desire to help men live fully and freely as God intended. From 2007-2010, Chris completed a MA in Counseling Psychology at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, focusing his research and clinical experience on the masculine journey. Deeply influenced by the training of Dr. Dan Allender and other like-minded authors and professors, Chris began...
What it reported doing in 2024
Experiences: in 2025, we offered 15 different experiences that served approximately 700 individuals. They ranged from one-day events to multi-day outdoor experiences designed to help men be intentional with their kids, and develop deep relationships with other men, all to come away with a greater understanding of who god made them to be and how to live lives of intention and purpose.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 64% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.6%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 86.7%; rating input score 87
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 1.3%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 86.6% of revenue deployed · 86.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $828K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $42K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.