On Fire Ministries- Be Transformed Youth Center
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Transforming Yakima through our youth.
- Income
- $126,435
- Spending
- $113,889
- Reserves
- 4.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ 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 (1)
- $80,434 spent. On Fire Ministries (OFM) began its first year at Outreach Camp at Ghormley Meadows in June 24. Over 130 kids, 4-5th graders, attending a three-day free camp in the Cascade Mountains. Witnessing the overwhelming response of students standing for the first time in the hope and love of Jesus, birthed a quickening to the obvious question of now what? Within the next few months a Board was formed, established a sister relationship with !st Pres for use their gym/kitchen on Saturday nights, enrolled volunteers, began a campaign to raise the equivalent of a $100,000 annual budget, did direct mailing, door to door canvasing, fed over 200 at Thanksgiving, handed out hundreds of Christmas gifts, built an ongoing relationship with United Way, spoke to numerous groups about the possibilities of partnering with OFM.All very exciting and evolutionary. Before the end of 2024, we were posturing for an increase in the annual budget to $180,000. Feeding and ministering on Saturday nights to 100 students and adults. Searching for locations to simplify and accommodate the changing dynamic.Yet, what is the price of the one? Out here on the streets of East Yakima, there are thousands of families wallowing in the crush of welfare mentality...which breeds all sorts of tragic cousins; weve had shattered families stand up for prayer during Wednesday night worship, weeping over being victimized by drive by shootings. Without exceptions, this community confronts an incredible degree of susceptibility in: illiteracy, joblessness, violence, fatherlessness, abuse, teen pregnancy, boredom, gang perpetration, crime, and poverty. So, we are grateful when we can rescue one from that ledge of destruction.Right now, OFM is a building project. Most citizens are reluctant to step into this dysfunction, and are just more convenient to stay removed and ignorant. Taking a huge effort to just recruit the workers for the harvest, Johnny and Nina Rodriguez have encountered a transformational awareness of how much the Lord is striving to find the one. Redeemed from the destructive cycle of gangs, incarceration and death, they are persistently spreading hope, as quickly as resources allow, across the consciousness of Yakima.
Source: Form 990EZ 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 November 6, 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 August 2022.
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 November 4, 2026.
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