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Abiding Fathers

EIN 90-0662615 · Plano, TX

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthWeak45 out of 100GovernanceGood76 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

ENCOURAGING, EQUIPPING AND ENGAGING MEN IN DEVELOPING THEIR GOD-ORDAINED LEADERSHIP ROLE AS FATHERS IN ORDER TO MAKE DISCIPLES FOR THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.

Income
$240,727
Spending
$425,447
Spent on programs
87%
Reserves
1.8 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 90%
Employees
4
Volunteers
72
Highest pay
$109,152, 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

Weak: 45 out of 100. Higher than 18% of charities in its peer group (religion, under $250k).

  • Reserves

    10 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 1.8 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 5% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    0 of 15

    Spending exceeded income by 77% of income.

  • Income trend

    0 of 15

    Income fell 52% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    87% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 11 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

Good: 76 out of 100. Higher than 80% of charities in its peer group (religion, under $250k).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    10 of 11 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    0 of 8

    Reports no written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    0 of 7

    Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    0 of 5

    Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports 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)
  1. $170,585 spent. FATHERING 101, INCLUDING FATHERS FORUMS: ABIDING FATHERS' RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE BOOKSFROM FAITH TO FAITH AND HERRAMIENTAS DE PAPA (THE DAD'S TOOLBOX), INTRODUCE MEN TO THEBIBLE'S PERSPECTIVE OF FATHERHOOD, AND PROVIDE TOOLS, RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND LOTS OFENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT TO ENCOURAGE, EQUIP, AND ENGAGE MEN TO BE THE DAD GODCREATED THEM TO BE. ABIDING FATHERS ALSO PURSUES DISCIPLESHIP RELATIONSHIPS IN THE NORTHTEXAS HOMELESS COMMUNITY, MEN OF NEHEMIAH, LOCAL PRISONS, AND MORE. IN ADDITION,MATURE FATHERS PARTICIPATE IN FACILITATOR TRAINING TO BECOME CERTIFIED SMALL-GROUP FACILITATORSTHAT WILL DISCIPLE OTHER MEN WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AND/OR COMMUNITIES. OVER 100 MENFROM THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY WERE DISCIPLED THROUGH THE ABIDING FATHERS' CURRICULUM ATUNION GOSPEL MISSION. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE SEVERAL PRISON UNITS THAT ARE IN SOME WAYPARTICIPATING IN EQUIPPING INCARCERATED FATHERS.FATHERS FORUMS ARE TYPICALLY BREAKFAST OR LUNCH MEETINGS IN INTIMATE SETTINGS FOR 10 TO 30MEN ACROSS THE DFW METROPLEX TO GATHER, HEAR A TESTIMONY OR TEACHING BY A FATHER RELATINGTO FAMILY AND FATHERHOOD, AND PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO THE MESSAGE. CURRENTLY,THERE IS ONE FATHERS FORUM MEETING IN THE DFW AREA. MESSAGES FROM THIS FATHERS FORUM ATNORTHWEST BIBLE CHURCH ARE RECORDED AND POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AND DIERENT SOCIAL MEDIAPLATFORMS FOR ONLINE ACCESS BY MANY OTHER FATHERS.4 MEN IN HONDURAS TOOK PART IN A TEST GROUP FOR THE NEW FACILITATOR TRAINING PROGRAM (FTP)FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER. THIS MODEL EMPHASIZES QUALITY OVER QUANTITYAIMING TODEVELOP A FEW DEDICATED FACILITATORS CAPABLE OF LEADING IMPACTFUL DISCIPLESHIP GROUPS. THEMEN HAD A DISCIPLESHIP EXPERIENCE AS THEY MET TOGETHER OVER THE 3 MONTHS, SERVING AS AMODEL FOR LEADING THEIR OWN DISCIPLESHIP GROUPS. THIS KEY COMPONENT WAS MISSING FROMPREVIOUS LARGE GROUP WEEKEND TRAINING & AS A RESULT, THOSE FACILITATORS DIDN'T BEAR FRUIT BYFACILITATING DISCIPLESHIP GROUPS. THIS TEST GROUP PROVED IT WAS POSSIBLE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPSAND PROVIDE FOLLOW-UP THAT ENSURES ONGOING SUPPORT WITHOUT HAVING TO TRAVEL TO ANOTHERCOUNTRY OR AREA. THE MODEL LEVERAGES ONLINE TRAINING, REDUCING COSTS AND EXTENDING THEPROGRAM'S REACH WITHOUT TRAVEL, SAVING FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND TIME. IT PREPARES THE WAY FOROUR NEW DISCIPLESHIP GROUP PROGRAM (DGP) LAUNCHING IN 2025 THAT IS EASILY IMPLEMENTED BYCERTIFIED FACILITATORS AND DESIGNED TO TRANSFORM THE COMMON MAN INTO A BIBLICAL FATHER ANDLEADER OF HIS FAMILY, WHO IS MEANINGFULLY CONNECTED AND INVOLVED WITH HIS WIFE & CHILDREN.
  2. $168,806 spent. INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY- PADRE DE CORAZN (PDC), THE HISPANIC MINISTRY OF ABIDING FATHERS: PADRE DE CORAZN CUBA. DESPITE MANY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DIFFICULTIES AND THE INSTABILITY OF THE COUNTRY DUE TO POWER OUTAGES, LACK OF WATER, AND POOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS, WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN THE MINISTRY AND ITS IMPACT ON THE CUBAN PEOPLE. PASTOR RAUL GONZALEZ, PDC CUBA NATIONAL DIRECTOR, IS WORKING WITH THREE COORDINATORS (EAST, CENTRAL AND WEST) TO RESPOND TO THE OVERWHELMING REQUESTS FOR WORKSHOPS AND MATERIALS. THEY ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO PROVIDE HERRAMIENTAS DE PAPA (DAD'S TOOLS) WORKSHOPS, TRAIN FACILITATORS, AND COLLABORATE WITH DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS AND THE MAIN PRISON MINISTRY IN THE COUNTRY.PDC CUBA TRAINED OVER 1800 MEN, INCLUDING INMATES IN THE PRISON SYSTEM. IN GUANTANAMO MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON, 17 INMATES WERE SERVED, WITH 4 MORE REQUESTS FOR PARTICIPATION. THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT TRANSFORMATION AMONG LIFE-SENTENCE INMATES, MANY SENTENCED FOR SEVERE CRIMES, AS THEY EXPLORE BIBLICAL FATHERHOOD AND RECONCILIATION. OFFICERS AND RE-EDUCATORS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED AND SOME REQUESTED BIBLES.IN MANZANILLO, GRANMA PRISON SYSTEM, 28 INMATES ATTENDED WORKSHOPS, WITH TEACHINGS NOW BEING SHARED BY INMATES ACROSS DIFFERENT PRISON UNITS. A NON-CHRISTIAN PRISON PSYCHOLOGIST PRAISED THE RELEVANCE OF THE DAD'S TOOLS WORKSHOPS AND THEIR POSITIVE IMPACT ON INMATES' LIVES.IN HIV/AIDS PRISONS (HOLGUN AND SANTIAGO DE CUBA), ANTICIPATION GROWS FOR UPCOMING WORKSHOPS, HIGHLIGHTING THE EAGERNESS OF INMATES TO MEND RELATIONSHIPS AND FOSTER NEW BEGINNINGS.
  3. $29,192 spent. INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY- PADRE DE CORAZN (PDC), THE HISPANIC MINISTRY OF ABIDING FATHERS: PADRE DE CORAZN ECUADOR. IN ECUADOR, THE DEMAND FOR WORKSHOPS CONTINUES. PASTOR BONILLA AND PASTOR CASTRO'S SCHEDULE IS FULL 6-7 DAYS A WEEK, WITH UP TO 3 WORKSHOPS ON SOME DAYS, IN THE GUAYAQUIL AREA ALONE. ECUADOR'S OUTREACH IMPACTED OVER 4,400 MEN, INCLUDING PROGRAMS TRAINING MEN TO BE CHRIST-CENTERED DADS AT 7 PRIVATE SCHOOLS.PADRE DE CORAZN ECUADOR LAUNCHED ITS FIRST 2024 CONFERENCE FOR 720 FIFTH-YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GUAYAQUIL, FOCUSING ON "HOW THE ABSENCE OF A FATHER IMPACTS THE FAMILY AND SOCIETY." STUDENTS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN DISCUSSIONS AND EXPRESSED ENTHUSIASM FOR CONTINUING WORKSHOPS IN DECEMBER 2024, REQUESTING THEIR PROFESSOR TO ARRANGE ADDITIONAL SESSIONS WITH PADRE DE CORAZN.

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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since November 2011.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. 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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