Gate Youth Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202736000
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Independence, OR, USA
Phone
5038371243
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$943,543
Expenses
$795,686
Assets
$7,062,677
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ben Bobeda (Executive Director)
  • Anthony Preston (vice president)
  • Shiela Duluk (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Ben Bobeda (Executive Director): $87,309 total reported compensation
  • Dale Collver (Discipleship director): $60,792 total reported compensation
  • Derek Conn (staff): $51,587 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Gate Youth Association exists to demonstrate Christ's love to the youth of the community through academic, social and spiritual activities. The Gate support teens in making wise choices in their daily lives by providing relevant services to them in collaboration with other community resources. It is a place where youth are known as individuals, encouraged to grow and learn and encounter unconditional love.

What it reported doing in 2025

Afterschool Programming at The Gate is a recreational and social component of The Gate in collaboration with Central High School After-school Program. From 3:15-6, 100-130 students gather at The Gate Community Youth Center and enjoy snacks, video games and sports. Community Volunteers and Work Study Staff from the local college interact with and mentor the students as they socialize, seek advice and play indoor and outdoor games. Tutoring and computer use are available as well as cooking, crafting and leadership classes. This free program is funded through a work study grant and The Gate Youth Association.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 66% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.5%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 61.6%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 18th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.7%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.88; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.5% of revenue deployed · 61.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $490K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $87K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 43 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.