2025-09-12T10:46:25-05:00 2024-12-31 204193611 Batts Morrison Wales & Lee PA 801 North Orange Avenue Suite 800 Orlando FL 32801 990 2024-01-01 843953586 Fortify Foundation FORT 8036153037 615 Saint Andrews Road Columbia SC 29210 JD Rye Treasurer 8036153037 2025-08-27 1 1 Michele M Wales P00428093 4077706000 2025-08-27 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z JD Rye 615 Saint Andrews Road Columbia SC 29210 1899754 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 the Foundation. 6 6 3 0 0 0 2078569 1506894 0 0 148843 369343 11923 23517 2239335 1899754 4615 4723 0 0 151705 241244 0 0 0 225963 257827 382283 503794 1857052 1395960 4214792 6670949 268634 1293586 3946158 5377363 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 331450 4723 In 2024, 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, we also educated schools in how capital campaigns can be a great catalyst to launch and build endowment funds. 331450 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 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 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 Brandon Allen Executive Director 40.00 X 83100 0 0 83100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1506894 217985 1506894 369343 369343 Miscellaneous Revenue 900099 23517 23517 23517 1899754 0 0 392860 4723 4723 83100 62325 20775 141000 105750 35250 17144 17144 4255 4255 9705 9705 33866 33866 18278 18278 78292 78292 23534 23534 5574 2600 2974 32992 32992 44768 44768 4022 4022 Miscellaneous 2541 2541 503794 331450 172344 0 107478 97443 256656 1281037 4250 250 3846408 5292219 4214792 6670949 11978 12549 256656 1281037 268634 1293586 X 3946158 5377363 3946158 5377363 4214792 6670949 1395960 35245 0 X 0 0 0 X 72661 1224368 1342888 2078569 1509894 6228380 72661 1224368 1342888 2078569 1509894 6228380 1026876 5201504 2673 148843 369343 520859 455 11923 23517 35895 6785134 9059 0.76660 X Part II, Section B, Line 10: Other income includes miscellaneous income. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 92 1029830 5294150 1 1 0 1 X 3977244 1029830 335949 48873 5294150 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 two of the Christian schools with which it collaborates, Weston Christian Academy, Inc. & Salem Baptist Christian School. Part V, Line 4: The Foundation helps Christian schools raise general and specific endowments to fund school operations and capital campaigns. X 3 217985 FMV 0 0 1 0 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.