Gathering of Leaders

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831155562
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone
2105707439
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,098
Expenses
$74,502
Assets
$8,273
Liabilities
$365

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

  • EMILY MELLOTT (BOARD Co-CHAIR)
  • ROBERT J TAYLOR (Co-Chair/Treas)
  • KIRK BERLENBACH (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The principal activity of the gathering of leaders is to facilitate meetings (referred to as "gatherings") for specifically selected episcopal leaders who have the proven leadership skills to make things happen creatively through others. The purpose of the gatherings is to enhance the ministry and mission of the episcopal church through leadership development and with prayer for divine guidance and inspiration.

What it reported doing in 2025

The agenda for each gathering provided for presentations from participants that foster our atmosphere of peer-learning, specifically around the themes. The goal for each gathering is to create a spirit-infused, hope-filled, reverent, joyous, and mission-centered culture, which will serve as a healthy model that each participant will try to create and/or enhance wherever he or she serves.in 2025, the organization held no in-person gatherings. The board held an in-person board retreat at the national cathedral in Washington, dc in january 2025. The purpose of the retreat was to discern the future of the organization. The board began the process of planning a fundraiser event in june to thank previous board members as well as raise money to make plans for the future of the gathering of leaders. In september, the board made the difficult decision to dissolve as the work the gathering of leaders championed in 2004 at its founding has been completed.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 22.1%; rating input score 22
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -428.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.7% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 22.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.