Gospel to the Nations Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850557052
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Ringgold, GA, USA
Phone
4233226437
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$353,303
Expenses
$377,455
Assets
$21,949
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Amy Cope (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Rickey Cope (CFO): $3,000 total reported compensation
  • Amy Cope (CEO): $3,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Gospel to the Nations, Inc. exists to bring glory to Christ and spread the Gospel message. In carrying this out we will show the love of Christ by providing food, clothing, medications, and housing to the poor and needy of Guatemala and other Central American nations.

What it reported doing in 2025

Chiquimula, Guatemala two church locations meeting three times per week to fellowship, pray, worship and learn of Jesus Christ. The garbage dump ministry: Serves more than 150 men, women, and children twice a week/every week Gospel to the Nations, Inc. serves weekly the children, parents, and the poor and needy who live and work in the garbage dump. By providing food, clothing, medications, and other medical needs. Gospel to the Nations inc. also regularly helps to bring short term mission teams to work in these areas. In Chiquimula Gospel to the Nations Inc. rents a mission house where our miisionary family stays, and also hosts visiting teams, and stores all ministry supplies. In 2024 Gospel to the Nations Inc. has begun assisting children with the things needed to be able to attend school instead of working in the garbage dump.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 59% for direct work, and 41% for grants.

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 68
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.8%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.6%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 50.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 38.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $377K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3K · 8 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 40 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.