Galveston Urban Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274207828
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2012, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Galveston, TX, USA
Phone
4094972460
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,032,672
Expenses
$1,081,979
Assets
$8,097,957
Liabilities
$2,563,840

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Joshua Dorrell (Executive Director (thru 11/24))
  • Brandon Williams (Executive Director (as of 11/24))

Highest reported compensation

  • Joshua Dorrell (Executive Director (thru 11/24)): $152,850 total reported compensation
  • Brandon Williams (Executive Director (as of 11/24)): $113,329 total reported compensation
  • Robert Lewey (Managing Director): $87,619 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of Galveston Urban Ministries (GUM) is to develop holistic relationships to transform the beloved Galveston community using GUM-E's: Engage, Equip and Empower. Continued on Sch O. By teaching kids to read, helping adult neighbors prepare to enter the workforce, or educating work groups all over Texas to alleviate poverty, GUM's goal is to see the North Broadway community thrive. GUM wants each of its Galveston neighbors to have healthy families, good-paying jobs, and above all else, to know the abundant love of Jesus. To achieve this, GUM 1) Engages in deep relationships and expresses the love of Christ, 2) Equips others with resources to fight poverty, and 3) Empowers everyone to be physically, mentally, and spiritually healthy and to create sustainable and God-honoring lives.

What it reported doing in 2024

CHILDREN - The GUMDROPS Children's Program is our elementary age program where we connect with the whole child by holistically caring for their social, spiritual and mental development. In the GUMDROPS program, kids come together to learn about God, get homework help, develop teamwork skills, learn how to respect themselves and others, and participate in fun, educational field trips. GUM's goal is for children to internalize the gospel by teaching them how to communicate their feelings, showing them who they are as God's creation in Christ, providing a safe place for curiosity and creativity, and by developing healthy relationships.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.1%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 71.7%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.8%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.48; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.7%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.1% of revenue deployed · 71.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $776K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $153K · 11 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.