Mission Christmas Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 852267575
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Statesville, NC, USA
- Phone
- 7046070372
- Rating
- 34
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community, Neighborhood Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $83,000
- Expenses
- $71,046
- Assets
- $23,450
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Kate Lummus (President)
- Karen Bolick (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Kate Lummus (President)
- Karen Bolick (Vice President)
- Amy Black (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
At Mission Christmas, our purpose is to create lasting joy and impactful change in the lives of children and families in need. We are dedicated to supporting our community through comprehensive Back to School programs, ensuring every child is equipped with the essential tools for academic success. During the holiday season, we provide basic necessities and heartfelt gifts, bringing warmth and happiness to homes at Christmas. In the wake of Hurricane Helene, Mission Christmas has expanded its mission to include providing vital support and aid to Western North Carolina, helping families rebuild and recover. Since September 2024, Mission Christmas has completed over 280 supply runs to those who were affected by the hurricane in WNC.
What it reported doing in 2024
Hurricane Helene Disaster Relief Efforts : Mission Christmas initially started supporting Disaster Relief Efforts in Western North Carolina by supplying critically needed supplies to families in the most severely affected areas. After a couple of months, our reach expanded to support the long-term efforts through clean-up, household and family supplies and rebuilding. To date, we've completed over 280 supply runs, delivering everything from critically needed supplies, to food, clothing and building materials.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 24
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
- 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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.4%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $61K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 36 of 40 current checks pass · 4 findings to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX Advertising column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX OfficeExpenses column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX Travel column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.