The Order of the Founders and Patriots of America
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 136183074
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Franklin, MI, USA
- Phone
- 2486263561
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $155,365
- Expenses
- $114,940
- Assets
- $1,450,960
- Liabilities
- $38,345
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- TRACY ASHLEY CROCKER (REGISTRAR GENERAL): $3,050 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The order of the founders and patriots of america (the order) has the objective of promoting educational, historical and patriotic programs focused on the founders of our country (the earliest colonial settlers, starting with the founding of jamestown in may 1607 and for a period of 50 years thereafter) and the patriots who adhered to the cause of independence during the american revolution. In particular, the order seeks to discover, document and preserve records, documents and the history of those founders and patriots. Through its publications and other programs, the order seeks to educate the american public about the character, accomplishments, and heroism of the founders and patriots of america, thereby also promoting patriotism.
What it reported doing in 2025
The order holds an annual meeting open to all members at which the membership makes determinations about how best to further the patriotic and historical mission of the order. This includes our charitable work related to supporting preservation of historical artifacts, education, excellence in genealogical research, and patriotism.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 63% for direct work, and 37% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 58
- Accountability: 26
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.2%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 98.4%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 47.5%; rating input score 47; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th 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: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 26%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.62; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.2% of revenue deployed · 98.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 27 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $113K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $3K · 24 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 47/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.