Merced Rescue Mission

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 770284849
IRS 990 coverage: 2013–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024
Location: Merced, CA, USA
Phone: 2097229269
Rating: 61
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Half-Way House for Offenders, Ex-Offenders
Affiliation: Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $6,280,945
Expenses: $2,568,371
Assets: $9,213,405
Liabilities: $1,441,660

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

DR BRUCE METCALF (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

BETTIE STEPHENS (TREASURER): $77,567 total reported compensation
DR BRUCE METCALF (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $77,567 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to exhibit the love and caring of jesus christ; transforming lives for those in our county who are in physical and spiritual need.our vision is to be the hands, fee and voice of christ in merced county; advocating for the dispossessed, battered, hungry and destitute.our purpose is to continue the work of jesus christ through evangelizing, discipling, and serving the spiritual and physical needs of the disadvanted. We provide emergency subsistence and rehabilitation programs for men, women and families, including skills training for the inter-city poor. We also strive to inform and involve the public in caring for the pverty-stricken, with the ultimate goal being the restoration of the whole person.

What it reported doing in 2024

Hope programs: merced rescue mission operates a new life transformation program called "hope for men," "hope for women, and "transformation to hope." these are 9 - 12 month faith-based programs. These programs receive men and women who have been incarcerated experiencing homelessness, struggling with addiction issues or simply feeling hopeless. These programs address addiction issues, and build life skills that help people become self-sustaining through finding jobs. Family reunifications are also an important part of this program.

Operating model

Revenue model: Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.

Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 19
Transparency & Controls: 92
Accountability: 83
Sustainability: 79
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 15.4%; rating input score 15
Program expense ratio: 30.7%; rating input score 31
Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: 59.1%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.59; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 6%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 27.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 15.4% of revenue deployed · 30.7% of spending went to programs
Governance: 7 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $788K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $78K · 9 people listed
Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $856K reported
Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
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 15/100.
Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 31/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.
Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.