Community Rescue Mission Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
710551207
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Fort Smith, AR, USA
Phone
4796463858
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Neighborhood Centers
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,033,901
Expenses
$618,395
Assets
$3,976,752
Liabilities
$16,237

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT WARD (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BRENDA ACORD (DIRECTOR)
  • FR ALEXIS BALDWIN (DIRECTOR)
  • ZACH BETTENCOURT (DIRECTOR)

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

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide a safe, christian environment for anyone or any family that needs help. To provide for immediate needs of food and shelter first, then offer guidance with christian principles for help in other areas.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community rescue mission has established a clothing ministry to provide for our own residents as many arrive with only what they are wearing. This is an asset to crm and those we serve. As non-resident persons drop by in need of clothing, we take them to "shop" as well. The clothing ministry helps assure our residents are properly dressed for a job interview, a life skill we emphasize in the workplace. Crm has established a development and marketing position and hired a full- time director of marketing and development, supported by professional counsel to expand our marketing and fundraising efforts. This came as a component of a strategic plan, completed by our board with the guidance of professional counsel. The process focused and sharpened our commitment to expand our programs, teaching life skills, in particular budgeting, high school equivalency, dress for success, time management to name a few. Hosting family activities, dedicated space in the dining room for families, and celebrating birthdays for children in our care model healthy habits for our all our families. Crm has expanded its marketing efforts to raise levels of awareness in the community. We have identified capital needs and are currently working toward campus redevelopment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.2%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 75.5%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $29.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 40.2%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.43; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48.2% of revenue deployed · 75.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $467K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 24 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.