Wildfire Network
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The purpose of this corporation is: Make God's dreams come true through others by inviting individuals to live in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. Empower God's people to transform their neighborhoods and the nations by establishing and sustaining mentoring relationships, developing and delivering training programs and events, and publishing and producing creative and effective resources. Cultivate a fearless culture of radical love, dependence on the Spirit of God, contagious joy, sincere humility, complete honesty, and apostolic faith, by passing on the values of the Gospel of Jesus. Forge diverse local and global partnerships. Wildfire Network is organized exclusively for charitable, and religious purposes. including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
- Income
- $242,456
- Spending
- $319,222
- Spent on programs
- 72%
- Reserves
- 4.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 97%
- Employees
- 4
- Volunteers
- 305
- Highest pay
- $54,770, president, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 55 out of 100. Higher than 30% of charities in its peer group (religion, under $250k).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 4.6 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes -0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 32% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 64% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1572% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 1 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 92 out of 100. Higher than 94% of charities in its peer group (religion, under $250k).
Independent board
25 of 254 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $190,180 spent. Mission and Staff program funds. In 2024, Christ Coalition, Returning to Joy, Heavensent, and the Rogers Staff fund all mae major contributions to support our nonprofit mission. With regard to training and education -Christ Coalition held a national foster care event in May that over 250 community leaders participated in, including three area judges, to educate and advocate for more grassroots services for impacted families. Returning to Joy developed the content for an online course called Hearing God to provide resources for people wanting to grow in intimacy with God. Heavensent provided timely aid to help keep a off the streets on the coldest night of the year. Lastly the Rogers Staff Fund provided the full time services of Taylor Rogers to serve as executive director for the network - managing and leading all aspects of the organization, including providing weekly and on call strategic coaching services to all the mission leaders in the network.
- $12,017 spent. General Unrestricted. Our centralized support services comprised one of the largest and most impactful programs carried out by the organization. Through our central services hub at 4411 Walzem Road STE 208, we hosted 24 sessions of the Wildfire Cohort to incubate and launch new grassroots missions. We also used the conference room to provide crucial personalized coaching to mission leaders to help them navigate crisis and remain in their field. 2 Podcasts utilized the recording room at the HUB to share Christ Centered content to the world, Returning to Joy and Along the Way. In short, our central services HUB provided meaningful programming content and location for empowering missional leaders within our network. Financial Network Services to support the ministries that are formally connected to the network. in 2024 We had a team that provided financial services to 7 missions within the network. This included budget development, training for documentation using automated receipt keeper system, accurate record keeping through quickbooks online, access to online donation services - free of any fees or charge to the missions that use them. The costs include the contract payments to our finance team, as well as the required subscription services necessary to maintain our websites, as well as the fees that were covered in their entirety by the general budget of the network so that the missions could maximize their impact.
- $26,625 spent. Another program that Wildfire Network operated in 2024 was the Angel Helpers Ministry. Angel Helpers helps share the joy of Jesus with families in need by providing gifts to children in a way that provides dignity and agency to their parents, guardians and caregivers. They operated 3 separate Christmas Market events, provided Easter baskets, launched a new program to serve adults with intellectual disabilities, and helped provide school supplies to children from a multi county region including Bexar, Guadalupe, and Comal. Over 305 volunteers gave their time to this program and hundreds of families were impacted.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 2018.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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