Mission Travis Mercy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 453841621
IRS 990 coverage: 2020–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024
Location: Fort Worth, TX, USA
Phone: 8178403501
Rating: 72
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic
Affiliation: Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $1,044,806
Expenses: $724,088
Assets: $2,181,250
Liabilities: $15,102

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Highest reported compensation

ALY LAYMAN (EXECUTIVE DI): $96,904 total reported compensation
SHAWN POWERS (DIRECTOR): $94,500 total reported compensation
PEGGY LEITCH (TREASURER/DI): $11,931 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Mercy clinic exists to show christ's love and compassion by providing free health care, spiritual care, and assistance in self-help to the underserved population in tarrant county, Texas.

What it reported doing in 2024

Mercy clinic of fort worth provided health care to uninsured adults in fort worth, Texas. Open five days per week, the standard of care is compassionate medical, diagnostic, and spiritual services to all patients. Medical services included diagnostic laboratory services, physical exams, well woman exams, health education, and the provision of prescription medication. In fiscal year 2025, approximately 572 unduplicated patients received medical and dental services. Primary patient care is delivered by dedicated volunteer health care professionals. There were 2754 primary care patient visits with a value of 688,500. Diagnostic lab tests are performed on site, as well as through a partnership with a local laboratory service, totaling 3400 lab tests. Medications purchased through wholesale vendors are dispensed by licensed pharmacists in the class d clinic pharmacy. 4070 pharmaceutical prescriptions were dispensed this fiscal year, at a retail value of 80,000. All services are provided without charge to the patient. Comprehensive care also includes addressing the spiritual and emotional needs of patients.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.

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: 46
Transparency & Controls: 94
Accountability: 82
Sustainability: 71
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 42.4%; rating input score 42
Program expense ratio: 55.3%; rating input score 55
Fundraising efficiency: $9.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th 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; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

Operating margin: 30.7%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.01; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 28.1%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 42.4% of revenue deployed · 55.3% of spending went to programs
Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $400K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $97K · 18 people listed
Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 3 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.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 37/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.