HIS Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
611698517
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Brunswick, GA, USA
Phone
9122658614
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Interfaith Coalitions
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$99,719
Expenses
$93,546
Assets
$371,093

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEE WHITESIDE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BILL THOMAS (EXEC DIRECTOR)
  • SINCLAIR DUDLEY (ASSIT EXEX DIRECTOR)
  • MARYALICE KIMEL (TREASURER)

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

HIS Ministries seeks to demonstrate the compassion of Christ by offering material assistance, community resources, and discipleship to those in need of hope and healing in the inner city neighborhoods of Brunswick, Georgia. HIS Ministries began operation in 2012, under the leadership of Bill Thomas, to bring several Christ-centered ministries together to reach the impoverished community residing in downtown Brunswick, Georgia. Operating almost entirely through committed volunteers, HIS Ministries focuses on showing the love of Christ to the people in this community who daily face the detrimental effects of drug addiction, poverty, violence, homelessness and sexual exploitation. While there are several ministries and organizations serving the immense needs of these precious people, many are directed to solving one or a few issues and cannot help everyone with all their needs. HIS...

What it reported doing in 2024

Friday night dinners each week at not cost to the people in thecommunity. Providing a hot meal and fellowship in a Christianenvironment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 24
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 23.6%; rating input score 24
  • Program expense ratio: 23.4%; rating input score 23

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.2%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.97; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.9%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 23.6% of revenue deployed · 23.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $22K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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 24/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.