Tom Flick Communications
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911564946
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Redmond, WA, USA
- Phone
- 4254177773
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $99,451
- Expenses
- $252,285
- Assets
- $90,462
- Liabilities
- $566
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TOM FLICK (PRESIDENT/TR)
Highest reported compensation
- TOM FLICK (PRESIDENT/TR): $129,000 total reported compensation
- MOLLY FLICK (VICE PRESIDE): $57,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Change leadership keynote speaker and change expert who helps organizations lead change while elevating execution; empowering people and accelerating performance by connecting head and heart and moving leaders to action. TOM’S MISSION When I speak, I aim for the heart—to truly motivate change in the world. Along with 30 years of presenting keynotes and facilitating breakout learning sessions, Tom has guided executives on their path toward clarity, purpose, and leadership development. Along with his training as a Gallup StrengthsFinder Master Strengths Coach, Tom relies on his vast experience in the corporate arena to successfully guide executives through the challenge of rapidly changing business environments. contact tom “Being able to learn from a humble leader who listens well and provides honest feedback was a game-changer for me. I have the utmost respect for Tom’s authenticity...
What it reported doing in 2024
Presentations teaching biblical principles to youth/parents to help them make positive choices, to set meaningful goals for life, to abstain from alcohol/drugs/sex. Preaches gospel messages to churches, youth groups, mens retreats, etc.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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 - 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Accountability: 48
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 70.9%; rating input score 71
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -153.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 73.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -12.9% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -12% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 70.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $179K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $129K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.