The Forgotten Church Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271915050
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Enid, OK, USA
- Phone
- 3106580273
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $444,042
- Expenses
- $461,117
- Assets
- $1,492,668
- Liabilities
- $198,283
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sarah Herrian (Vice President (Start: 01/24))
- Jeremiah Herrian (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Jeremiah Herrian (President): $26,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To meet the needs of the local community through spiritual guidance and immediate needs such as food, clothing, emergency home repairs etc. Also, encouraging local churches to identify and assist the poor in their communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Community outreach programs - including the following programs: kids camp which is an after school program; mercy house which is a ministry for the poor though a seasonal homeless shelter that is dedicated to providing food, shelter and safety to those in need; the oasis program which is a preliminary re-entry program for incarcerated men to facilitate their transition back into society; paradise garden which is a community garden used to allow families to come and pick fresh fruits and vegetables and also to be handed out at outreaches; our food program in which we bring bulk food items in and package grocery bags that are then distributed not only in our local community, but also in other communities with help from other churches who come in and package bags and then take them out to their areas. It also allows us to provide other non-profits with items to use in their programs; tellgate grill program in which while working with churches we take a grill through neighborhoods, apartments and trailer parks offering free food and open up conversations to share the gospel and equip and train churches to leave the four walls of the church
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.1%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 88.8%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.8%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.24; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.6%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.1% of revenue deployed · 88.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $409K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $26K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.