The Methodist Home
Legal name: Methodist Home of the South Georgia Conference Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 580622971
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Macon, GA, USA
- Phone
- (478) 751-2800
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Residential Care & Adult Day Programs
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $16,635,853
- Expenses
- $15,221,044
- Assets
- $97,831,415
- Liabilities
- $1,103,427
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
37 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ALISON EVANS (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- ALISON EVANS (PRESIDENT): $194,032 total reported compensation
- JEFF LAWRENCE (VICE PRESIDE): $119,551 total reported compensation
- JILL MYERS (EXECUTIVE VI): $117,038 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Founded in 1872, The Methodist Home provides care for children and families in need across South Georgia through a continuum of residential care, community foster homes, specialized treatment programs, and counseling services. Donor Relations Officer (Coastal GA), The Methodist Home Each of these speakers is passionate about our mission and has a history with our organization in order to tell our story. We hope you will consider allowing us to join your group and share about our mission. These speakers will share stories about their experience with our organization, as well as offer encouragement and hope. For information on scheduling a speaker, please call (478) 751-2800%20751-2800).
What it reported doing in 2024
The methodist home served 165 youth in 24/7 residential care in fye 2025. A large amount of work is completed simultaneously by residential staff and the clinical support staff to help family reunification happen in the shortest amount of time. Many of the youth who enter into the methodist home's care have not experienced a safe and stable home environment for any length of time. Additionally, we certify and support foster homes in the community, serving an additional 36 children. We also have a 20 seat price academy school as part of our residential services.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 65
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.8%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.5%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.43; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 79.8% of revenue deployed · 82.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 27 of 27 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $12.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $194K · 37 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.