Torch Sports Ministry

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463293225
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Ottsville, PA, USA
Phone
2158695224
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$53,339
Expenses
$42,700
Assets
$24,952
Liabilities
$224

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICHARD SPARLING (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JOHN WAHLERS (BOARD DIRECTOR)
  • RICK MILLHAM (BOARD DIRECTOR)
  • DEREK LOUX (BOARD DIRECTOR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Utilize sports as a means to spread the gospel of jesus christ and to disciple and train sports ministers with the intention of igniting a global passion for sports ministry resulting in people coming to christ.

What it reported doing in 2024

Discipling men & women college age soccer players to play soccer for jesus christ and share their faith with other teams players that don't know him. This program is used to teach the players to become sports ministers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

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: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.1%; rating input score 47
  • Program expense ratio: 58.8%; rating input score 59

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: 19.9%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.4%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.1% of revenue deployed · 58.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.