Jacobs Well Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202882773
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Poplarville, MS, USA
Phone
6017465144
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Homeless Shelters
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,357,557
Expenses
$2,166,104
Assets
$1,603,874
Liabilities
$1,389,168

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Susan E Johnson (President, Director of Jacob's Well Recovery Center for Women)
  • Cary Neff (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Susan E Johnson (President, Director of Jacob's Well Recovery Center for Women): $78,000 total reported compensation
  • Cary Neff (Executive Director): $62,130 total reported compensation
  • Jacob R Brogan (Chief Financial Officer): $53,560 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Jacob's Well Ministries, Inc. offers residential recovery for men, women, and pregnant women for six months who are caught up in a lifestyle of addiction and substance abuse. We give them room and board as well as vocational education and employment opportunities while giving them sound biblical teachings that will assist in freeing them from their life of addiction. We have a second step transition program where our clients pay off fines and debts they owe to agencies as well as getting their children back.

What it reported doing in 2024

Jacob's Well Ministries operates Christ-centered residential recovery programs serving men, women, and pregnant women struggling with substance abuse. Our primary facilities provide structured, long-term treatment that integrates evidence-based recovery practices with spiritual discipleship and life skills development. Services include counseling, group therapy, relapse prevention education, vocational training, and supervised community-based employment opportunities. Pregnant residents also receive specialized prenatal support, ensuring both maternal and child health throughout recovery. These programs are designed to remove individuals from environments of addiction, provide safe and stable housing, and equip residents with the tools needed to achieve sustained sobriety, spiritual growth, and successful reintegration into society. On average, each participant receives six months of intensive residential care, with ongoing alumni support available after graduation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 91% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.1%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $26.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.1%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.74; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.87; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.1% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $78K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.