Gateway of Grace

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471922215
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
4693248825
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$768,501
Expenses
$619,989
Assets
$381,947
Liabilities
$-20,084

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR SAMIRA IZADI PAGE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR SAMIRA IZADI PAGE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER): $91,225 total reported compensation
  • MR DENNIS PAGE (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER): $83,333 total reported compensation
  • MS KATHY SHACKLEFORD (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS): $44,417 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Integrate and empower refugees to become productive members of society by mobilizing the church and building christ-centered relationships.

What it reported doing in 2025

Refugee education - the gateway day school's esl program registered 150 adults and pre-school children in the fall term, and 170 in the spring term. Most of the adult students graduated and moved to the next higher level of esl. Gateway of grace provides free transportation for refugees and offers 5 levels of english classes. Gog also provides cultural integration teaching, job search and referral services for different needs. In addition, gateway of grace provides free child-care and provides english classes and pre-k prep for children. Through this ministry, gateway of grace also provides referrals to professional services such as medical, professional, educational and social to meet the needs of refugees.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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 - 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.2%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 76.6%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $144.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th 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: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 26th 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: 19.3%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 41.7%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.2% of revenue deployed · 76.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $475K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.