Gloria Russell Children's Ministry

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752370051
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lufkin, TX, USA
Phone
9366342582
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$48,827
Expenses
$54,797
Assets
$315,529
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KELLI BARNES (PRESIDENT)
  • RICKY DAVIS (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DON HENDRICK (TRUSTEE)
  • SANDY HENDRICK (TRUSTEE)
  • LAUREN GAUDETTE (TRUSTEE)

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

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of gloria russell children's ministry is to train, equip and encourage teens and adults to share the love of god, teach his word and evangelize elementary age boys and girls. Through this ministry more than one quarter million boys and girls have heard the message of salvation through faith in jesus christ.

What it reported doing in 2025

Victory camp - celebrated twenty years in 2008. What was formerly a week of outdoor fun with inspiring bible instruction and christian music has now changed to five saturday camps. There are approximately 50 to 100 children participating each saturday camp with thirty adult volunteers and teen missionaries working with the kids in swimming, crafts, sports and recreation activities. It is anticipated that this program will be greatly expanded with the building of victory camp and conference center in the near future.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 3
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 3.1%; rating input score 3
  • Program expense ratio: 2.8%; rating input score 3

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.2%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.76; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -22.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 3.1% of revenue deployed · 2.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 3/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.