Grand Staff Ministries Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 770667660
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- Hutchinson, KS, USA
- Phone
- 6205436518
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $311,063
- Expenses
- $288,275
- Assets
- $376,654
- Liabilities
- $84,494
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- CINDY HOGAN (DIRECTOR): $13,449 total reported compensation
- REBECCA J SPENCER (EXEC DIR/PRE): $12,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We will promote the gospel of jesus christ, educating others with regards to individually knowing christ and making him known, and practically meeting physical, mental, and emotional needs of hurting people everywhere.
What it reported doing in 2025
Charity: the church on site provided community and support for up to 60 children on sundays, over 20 women, and a few men. This is crucially important in the village, since it's a 45 minute drive from town, and care ownership is nearly nonexistent. Nine women from the church continued to make and sell baskets at fair trade prices. These baskets were then resold at grand staff thrift boutique in buhler, ks. This income for the women is one of the rare job opportunities in the remote village. Under the guidance of an effective youth pastor, the church had a thriving youth group that grew in their faith and shared the gospel with their families and friends. They attended a special conference as a christmas celebration and gift to them. Gsm distributed food to hungry families and hygiene products to women and children, funding for emergency healthcare was provided as needs became apparent. Two other formerly sponsored young men were given financial assistance to help them thrive. Church supplies, funeral assistance, and special easter and christmas services/meals were also provided from these funds.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 67% 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 - Most voting board members are independent and program spending has grown recently. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 58
- Transparency & Controls: 55
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.1%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 67.6%; rating input score 68
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- 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: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Limited
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.3%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.31; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 24.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.1% of revenue deployed · 67.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $195K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $13K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.