2024-10-29T10:48:21-05:00 2023-12-31 204193611 Batts Morrison Wales & Lee PA 801 North Orange Avenue Suite 800 Orlando FL 32801 990 2023-01-01 843953586 Fortify Foundation FORT 8036153037 615 Saint Andrews Road Columbia SC 29210 JD Rye Treasurer 8036153037 2024-09-09 1 0 Michele M Wales P00428093 4077706000 2024-09-09 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z JD Rye 615 Saint Andrews Road Columbia SC 29210 2239335 0 X fortifyfoundation.com X 2019 SC 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. 6 6 4 0 0 0 1342888 2078569 9058 0 -136105 148843 455 11923 1216296 2239335 78160 4615 0 0 138495 151705 0 0 2005 265942 225963 482597 382283 733699 1857052 1868376 4214792 10617 268634 1857759 3946158 X 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. 0 0 272660 4615 0 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. 272660 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 SC X JD Rye 9312173369 615 Saint Andrews Road Columbia SC 29210 X Edward Earwood President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Dan Handford Vice President/Secretary 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JD Rye Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Wyman Shull Director 0.10 X 0 0 0 Jason Boehn Director 0.10 X 0 0 0 Maurice McCaney Director - Began 08/2023 0.10 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2078569 2078569 148843 148843 Miscellaneous Revenue 900099 11923 11923 11923 2239335 0 0 160766 4615 4615 140924 105693 35231 10781 10781 1271 1271 6513 6513 16732 16732 7531 7531 149733 149733 4644 4644 4974 2600 2374 10019 10019 2005 2005 3781 3781 Miscellaneous 18760 18760 382283 272660 107618 2005 306666 107478 26469 256656 4250 1535241 3846408 1868376 4214792 10617 11978 256656 10617 268634 X 1857759 3946158 1857759 3946158 1868376 4214792 1857052 231347 0 X 0 0 0 X 72661 1224368 1342888 2078569 4718486 72661 1224368 1342888 2078569 4718486 981056 3737430 2673 148843 151516 455 11923 12378 4882380 9059 X Part II, Section B, Line 10: Other income includes miscellaneous income. Part II, Short Year Explanation: Per the instructions public support is measured using a 5-year computation period that includes the current and four prior tax years (including short years). The 2019 tax year is a short year, the Foundation was formed on December 12, 2019. The below chart clarifies the information represented in Schedule A, Part II: Column (a) - Tax year beginning 12/12/2019 and ended 12/31/2019 Column (b) - Tax year ended 12/31/2020 Column (c) - Tax year ended 12/31/2021 Column (d) - Tax year ended 12/31/2022 Column (e) - Tax year ended 12/31/2023 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 76 2112210 3977244 1 1 0 1 X 1535241 2112210 360636 30843 3977244 891509 770664 -126932 1535241 889645 2171 307 891509 1.00000 0 0 0 Part IV, Line 2b: The Foundation acted as an agent on behalf of one of the Christian schools with which it collaborates, Weston Christian Academy, Inc. Part V, Line 4: The Foundation helps Christian schools raise general and specific endowments to fund school operations and capital campaigns. Part I, Line 2 and Part V, Line 1b: Contribution income includes an adjustment to correct the beginning of year endowment balance to the actual amount of funds in the endowment accounts as of January 1, 2023. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 Edward Earwood and Dan Handford have a family relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Foundation's top management official and top financial official each review the Foundation's Form 990 prior to its filing with the IRS. A copy of the final Form 990, in its entirety including Schedule B, is also provided to the Foundation's governing body prior to its filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The Foundation has a conflict of interest policy. The policy is distributed to each member of the Foundation's governing body, its officers and its key employees on an annual basis. Each such individual provides an annual disclosure statement indicating that they have received, read, understood and agreed to comply with the policy, certifying that: (1) they have no relationships or interests that present a conflict of interest, (2) they have one or more conflicts of interest that have been fully disclosed as required by the policy and have been properly administered in conformity with the policy, or (3) they have previously undisclosed conflicts of interest and disclosing the details of such conflicts. Any disclosure statements with previously undisclosed conflicts of interest are forwarded to appropriate Foundation officials to take appropriate actions as required by the policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The Foundation provides, upon request, copies of its articles of incorporation, bylaws, conflict of interest policy and its financial statements.