At Our Gate

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
061622094
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Newtown, CT, USA
Phone
2034261014
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Emergency Assistance
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,286
Expenses
$30,912
Assets
$110,323
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Joseph Rahtelli (President)
  • Mike Reilly (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Stephen Giles (Recording Secretary)
  • Joseph Rahtelli (President)
  • Mike Reilly (Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

At our gate charitable organization supports its founding principles of charity, unity, and fraternity through the following primary activities: volunteer service, community involvement, church support, and promoting a culture of life. During the year ending december 31, 2025 the number of volunteer hours was 5,000 hours. Some of the programs supported in 2025 include: collection and delivery of donations to needy recipients in fairfield county, home repair and maintenance for the elderly in our community, and church events. Volunteer activities include but are not limited to christmas toy collection and distribution, road race to support local faith food pantry and providing/serving meals to homeless at thomas merton center.

What it reported doing in 2025

At Our Gate Charitable Organization supports its founding principles of charity, unity, and fraternity through the following primary activities; volunteer service, community involvement church support, and promoting a culture of life.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 98% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.57; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.8% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $31K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.