Guided Spirit Ministries & Outreach

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
923913572
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Columbus, GA, USA
Phone
7067614553
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,857
Expenses
$11,950
Assets
$407
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Charaya Simms (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Charaya Simms (Executive Director)
  • Shani Forte (Program Director)
  • Bernard Jackson (Outreach Coordinator)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We are a faith based organization that facilitate donations, resources, creative activities, support families in need and support the community with volunteer and services. We refer resources to community from our wide range of local partnerships. We offer bereavement support tutoring and mentorship to at risk youths 7-14 community families and elderly.

What it reported doing in 2024

We Collected through donations of clothing, home goods, and toys for 3 families. 1) Family - Single Parent household with 2 small children ages 1 and 4 yrs old impacted by a apartment fire. 2) Family - Single Parent household of 4 children ages 2,9,13 and 16. The Mother vehicle was broken down for over 6 months we hosted a car wash to raise the repair cost of 329.00. 3) Pregnant mother expressed she was out of work due to her being 8 months pregnant. We used our partnerships in Columbus Ga and facilitated her receiving diapers and other infant needs, car seat and carrier.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -104%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 169.8% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 35.6% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.