Charity profile · Historical source record

FORGE

EIN 31-1191922Religion Colorado Small

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Hearts on fire, lives on purpose.

FORGE (formerly Kingdom Building Ministries) is an evangelical Christian, parachurch organization that partners with churches, universities, denominations and other ministry organizations to challenge, equip and mobilize Christians to become Kingdom laborers. FORGE has three ministry divisions that help it achieve its mission. Itinerant Speaking Ministries has over 20 itinerant speakers who speak to hundreds of thousands of people at hundreds of events around the world each year. The Laborer's Institute is committed to equipping, teaching, mentoring, encouraging and supporting Christians as they seek to live a life of laborership. Laborer's Resources is committed to providing on-going support and training through various kinds of resource materials.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.28Overall score
out of 100

77.98Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,801,780

Total expenses · USD$1,878,033

Program expenses

$1,697,741.83 recorded amount

90.4%

Fundraising expenses

$69,487.22 recorded amount

3.7%

Administrative expenses

$107,047.88 recorded amount

5.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Dwight Robertson
Recorded compensation: $114,333.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.08%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for FORGE
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	FORGE (formerly Kingdom Building Ministries) is an evangelical Christian, parachurch organization that partners with churches, universities, denominations and other ministry organizations to challenge, equip and mobilize Christians to become Kingdom laborers. FORGE has three ministry divisions that help it achieve its mission. Itinerant Speaking Ministries has over 20 itinerant speakers who speak to hundreds of thousands of people at hundreds of events around the world each year. The Laborer's Institute is committed to equipping, teaching, mentoring, encouraging and supporting Christians as they seek to live a life of laborership. Laborer's Resources is committed to providing on-going support and training through various kinds of resource materials.
`ein` EIN	31-1191922
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1878033.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.057
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.037000000000000005
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.904
`fscore` Financial score	77.98
`leader` Recorded leader	Dwight Robertson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	114333.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0608
`motto` Tagline	Hearts on fire, lives on purpose.
`name` Charity name	FORGE
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1801780.0
`score` Overall score	84.28
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Activities
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1697741.832
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	69487.221
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	107047.88100000001

Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.