The Potter's Inn

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201390329
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Divide, CO, USA
Phone
7192648837
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$102,687
Expenses
$105,402
Assets
$47,035
Liabilities
$7,111

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEPHEN SMITH (PRESIDENT/CH)

People named in this filing

  • STEPHEN SMITH (PRESIDENT/CH)
  • GWEN SMITH (VICE PRESIDE)
  • RAY WALKOWSKI (TREASURER/SE)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Potter's inn is a christ-centered non-denominational non-profit ministry devoted to the work of spiritual formation and the care of the soul. We are a resource to individuals, groups, churches, and organizations around the world.

What it reported doing in 2025

Potter's inn provides soul care for ministry and marketplace leaders through three special offerings: 1) private, intensive retreats and one-on-one spiritual direction; 2) lead local and global retreats, seminars, and consulting for groups, organizations, and churches; 3) develop resources through books, study guides, and podcasts for groups or individuals on topics of soul care and spiritual transformation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.9%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 48.5%; rating input score 49

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.6%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -24.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.7% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.9% of revenue deployed · 48.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $51K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.