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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FORTIFY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,239,335
Total expenses
$382,283
Contributions and grants received
$2,078,569
Grants paid
$4,615
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$148,843
Other revenue
$11,923
Total assets, end of year
$4,214,792
Total liabilities, end of year
$268,634
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,946,158
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$272,660
Management and general expenses
$107,618
Fundraising expenses
$2,005
Program service expenses (Part III)
$272,660

Program services were 71.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,078,569

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $148,843 · excluded $148,843

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Revenue

    total $11,923 · excluded $11,923

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $11,923

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,615 · program services $4,615

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $140,924 · program services $105,693 · management and general $35,231

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,781 · management and general $10,781

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,271 · management and general $1,271

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,513 · management and general $6,513

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $16,732 · management and general $16,732

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,531 · management and general $7,531

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $149,733 · program services $149,733

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,644 · management and general $4,644

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,974 · program services $2,600 · management and general $2,374

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,019 · program services $10,019

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,005 · fundraising $2,005

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,781 · management and general $3,781

  • 24a · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $18,760 · management and general $18,760

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $306,666 · end of year $107,478

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $26,469 · end of year $256,656

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $4,250

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,535,241 · end of year $3,846,408

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,617 · end of year $11,978

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    end of year $256,656

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,857,759 · end of year $3,946,158

Mission and programs · 2023

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 the Foundation. Additionally, the Foundation has also taken on a capital campaign division to help schools utilize their immediate focus on current needs and build out a long-term financial strategy.

Activities or mission (Part I)

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.

  • In 2023, Fortify Foundation continued to grow and developed a network of relationships with Christian schools. The Foundation participated in several regional / national conferences to further extend its reach and exposure to Christian schools. Through the addition of a capital campaign division, the Foundation also educated schools in how capital campaigns can be a great catalyst to launch and build endowment funds.

    Expenses $272,660 · Grants $4,615

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Edward Earwood

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Handford

    Vice President/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JD Rye

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wyman Shull

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Jason Boehn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Maurice McCaney

    Director - Began 08/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
9 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423039349301692

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