Gateway Homeless Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431099929
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
St Louis, MO, USA
Phone
3142311515
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Emergency Assistance

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,195,975
Expenses
$1,948,533
Assets
$4,461,946
Liabilities
$79,075

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRUCE MORGAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KATHY CONNORS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KATHY CONNORS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $99,091 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To empower adults and families to become independent and permanently housed. The organization provides shelter, food, and other life sustaining materials and activities for destitute families, children and the homeless in the city of st. Louis.

What it reported doing in 2024

Gateway180 offers 125 shelter beds nightly and is the largest residential emergency shelter in the state of Missouri, providing emergency shelter and transitional living shelter and services for women, children, and families experiencing homelessness. Utilizing trauma informed care and industry best practices, we provide housing focused case management and wrap around support, resources, and services to move families from the critical need for emergency shelter, to the stability of permanent housing. We take a nimble and innovative approach in offering comprehensive and customized solutions, empowering women, and families to improve the quality of their lives on every level, achieving independence, self-sufficiency, and making the move to permanent housing.we have 4 shelter beds that are always on reserve or available for us veterans who are experiencing homelessness. We are prepared and equipped to shelter the veteran's family as they accompany the veteran to shelter.we support the independence, economic development, rehousing, and stabilization of the families we serve, by offering the following programmatic activities: empowerment workshops: on-site sessions featuring experts and professionals from various fields and programs, empowering women via education sessions and round table discussions.4 session parenting class series: taught on site at the shelter by our friends and experts at st. Louis crisis nursery.g180 counseling program: easy to access, on-site mental health services are provided to include assessments, diagnosis, therapy, and counseling, helping individuals to manage their stress, anxiety, and if applicable, diagnosis.gateway to better health: a partnership program with goldfarb's advanced nursing school in which nursing students provide health education, baseline health assessments, and health navigation to develop the health aptitude and advocacy of those we serve.the huddle and coffee cartel: in-house workshops focused on the sharing of success and "how to" stories and strategies.children's activities: tutoring & mentoring with community volunteers; monthly birthday parties with the birthday project; our blended age girl scout troop; and seasonal events, ensure recognition of and productive programming for the children temporarily residing in the shelter.client support flex fund services: flexible funds available to support the employment, medical, transportation, and emergency childcare needs, and housing efforts of the households we serve.post shelter case management program: all past clients have access to case management and mental health services to ensure the stabilization of those of whom we have housed, and the continued reduction of housing barriers and the rehousing of those who have left shelter without yet accomplishing their rehousing plan. In addition to our shelter programs, gateway180 offers multiple rapid rehousing programs, including our privately funded rapid rehousing program; a transactional program of accountability, rehousing roughly 60 families annually in scattered sites, and independent housing.at gateway180, we are committed to empowering adults and families to become independent and permanently housed.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 69% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 filed totals do not add up and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.7%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 88.8%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $28.83 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.3%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.29; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.7% of revenue deployed · 88.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $99K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.