Liabilities / Assets
55th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Fortify Foundation
990EZ • Fiscal year 2020 • EIN 84-3953586
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
0.00x
Liabilities / Revenue
55th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
53rd percentile
Higher net margin than 53% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
76th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 76% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Revenue Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Balance Sheet
Assets
$5,122
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Net Assets
$5,122
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Liabilities
$0
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
$72,661
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Expenses
$67,539
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Net Income
$5,122
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Historical Trend
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020
- Signed
- Nov 9, 2021
- Return Version
- 2020v4.0
- Gross Receipts
- $72,661
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
Fortify Foundation is organized and operated to provide greater opportunity and wider accessibility to Christian education, as well as to improve and broaden the impact of existing Christian schools. The Foundation accomplishes its mission by helping Christian schools raise general and specific endowments and scholarships. The Foundation encourages and facilitates major and planned gifts benefiting each school's fund held and managed by Fortify Foundation.
Fortify Foundation is organized and operated to provide greater opportunity and wider accessibility to Christian education, as well as to improve and broaden the impact of existing Christian schools. Fortify Foundation accomplishes its mission by helping Christian schools raise general and specific endowments and scholarships. We encourage and facilitate major and planned gifts benefiting each school's fund held and managed by Fortify Foundation.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 was a year of building the infrastructure of Fortify Foundation to provide our programs and services and the beginning of our educational outreach to schools. We conducted several virtual focus groups with school leaders and participated in a regional conference of Christian school administrators. Our participation included a presentation of the benefits of endowment as well as a planned giving primer. | $33,090 | - |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Earwood | President | - | $0 | - | - |
| Dan Handford | VP, Secretary | - | $0 | - | - |
| JD Rye | Treasurer | - | $0 | - | - |
| Wyman Shull | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| Jason Boehm | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Fortify Foundation
- EIN
- 84-3953586
- Phone
- 8038145797
- Address
- 615 Saint Andrews Road, Columbia, SC 29210
Signing Officer
- Name
- JD Rye
- Title
- Treasurer
- Signed
- 2021-11-09
- Discuss with paid preparer
- Yes
Preparer
- Firm
- Thomas Watson & Company LLC
- Address
- 111 Executive Pointe Blvd, Columbia, SC 29210
- Preparer
- Frank D Thomas CPA CVA ABV CFF
- Phone
- 8037710077
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Other Expenses.1001
“Advertising and Promotion $160”
Other Expenses.1002
“Office Expenses $75”
Other Expenses.1005
“Travel $220”
Other Expenses.1
“Registration Fees $1000”
Other Expenses.2
“Dues $635”
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Filings
Displayed year
2020 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $5,122
- Liabilities
- $0
- Net assets
- $5,122
- Revenue
- $72,661
- Expenses
- $67,539
- Net income
- $5,122