Hissom Inter-city Mission

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 550770933
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2021–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location: Charleston, WV, USA
Phone: 3043437046
Rating: 77
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue: $122,044
Expenses: $117,324
Assets: $8,520
Liabilities: $0

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Carol Cochran (President)
Patti Hissom (Vice President)

People named in this filing

Yvonne Donlon (Mission Director)
Carol Cochran (President)
Patti Hissom (Vice President)

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

Compassionate, community, faith-based agency.

What it reported doing in 2025

FOOD PANTRY - food distribution to 250 to 350 families per week. Food sources, USDA Commodities (Facing Hunger & Mountaineer Food Bank, Midwest Food Bank), individuals, other faith-based charitable organizations. Lunch, clothing, toiletries provided Mon.-Fri. to homeless and anyone in need. Quarterly free give-aways to the whoever needs them

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 68% 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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 63
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 39
Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 62.3%; rating input score 62
Program expense ratio: 64.8%; rating input score 65

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: 3.9%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -35.6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 62.3% of revenue deployed · 64.8% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $76K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
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.

Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.