Genesis Joy House Homeless Shelter Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 274421437
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Warner Robins, GA, USA
- Phone
- 4789187606
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Temporary Housing
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $587,394
- Expenses
- $569,496
- Assets
- $1,077,682
- Liabilities
- $3,387
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Margaret Queen-Flowers (Executive Director)
- Mandy Hazelton (President)
- Dr Tim Riley (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- Margaret Queen-Flowers (Executive Director): $11,000 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 improve quality of life for homeless female veterans with many proven programs that break the cycle, creating self-sufficiency and accountability.
What it reported doing in 2024
Genesis Joy House Homeless Shelter operates as the only full-service transitional housing facility exclusively for unhoused female veterans in the state of Georgia. The program offers secure, 24-hour housing services supported by trained Shelter Assistants who provide continuous care and oversight. This ensures participant safety and promotes stability during their transition period. The shelter serves an average of 25 women annually, offering them a structured, supportive environment that fosters independence and growth. These women graduate to transition into permanent housing. We provided transitional housing and comprehensive support services to 25 female veterans in 2024; Ensured 24/7 staff coverage through dedicated Shelter Assistants, improving participant safety and compliance with program guidelines; Maintained a safe, secure facility through surveillance and trained personnel.
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.
- 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 filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 69%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 71.1%; rating input score 71
- Fundraising efficiency: $47.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.89; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 37.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 69% of revenue deployed · 71.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $405K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $11K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 59/100.