Downing Street Foundation DBA Downing House Attn Jerri Carr

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742446158
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Englewood, CO, USA
Phone
7204672029
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$628,342
Expenses
$597,875
Assets
$7,924,008
Liabilities
$14,228

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Cassandra Branstrom (House Manager): $70,300 total reported compensation
  • John Irwin (Co-Exec Director): $43,905 total reported compensation
  • Gayla Irwin (Co-Exec Director): $17,209 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide a place for followers of Jesus Christ to deepen their faith, fellowship, refresh and take their beliefs into the world to become leaders in helping youth, the poor, and the disadvantaged.

What it reported doing in 2025

Operation of a fellowship house as a ministry for Christ centered fellowship for people to deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ. The Fellowship House is a place for bible studies, presentations, and living out Christian beliefs and is a meeting and study place to foster Kingdom work with the poor, young people, and leaders throughout the United States.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.9%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 93.6%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $26.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd 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: 75%; rating input score 75; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.8%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.25; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.9% of revenue deployed · 93.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 16 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $560K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $70K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.