Gateway House Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581447674
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Gainesville, GA, USA
Phone
7705399080
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Violence Shelters

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,134,862
Expenses
$2,183,676
Assets
$7,235,584
Liabilities
$103,368

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

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOY GRIFFIN (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • NIKOVA MASON MD (PRESIDENT)
  • ALAINA CONNER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JESSICA BUTLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JESSICA BUTLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $113,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Through crisis intervention, comprehensive support services and community collaboration, gateway domestic violence center helps create an environment for safe, healthy, self-sufficient growth, and violence prevention.

What it reported doing in 2025

Shelter services and crisis intervention: gateway provides 24/7 emergency shelter and crisis hotline services for domestic violence victims and their children living in hall county, Georgia. All services are free and confidential, and all services are offered in english and spanish. Safety planning is a big part of all crisis intervention services. On average, 93% of program participants say they have strategies to enhance their safety when they leave gateway. In total, 7,343 guest nights of shelter (and hotel accommodations) were provided and the average length of stay was 41 nights per guest. In 2025, gateway advocates answered crisis calls from 1,528 victims of domestic violence.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 67% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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

STRONG - 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: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.3%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 82%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18.69 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: -2.3%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.31; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.3% of revenue deployed · 82% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 31 of 31 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $113K · 32 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.