Niagara Gospel Mission
Legal name: Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 421731548
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2013
- Location
- Niagara Falls, NY, USA
- Phone
- 7162058805
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,888,663
- Expenses
- $1,325,572
- Assets
- $4,174,992
- Liabilities
- $185,338
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID WILLIAMS (President)
Highest reported compensation
- REV JOHN A COOPER JR (Executive Dir.): $74,622 total reported compensation
- MARK J NIGRO (CFO): $25,262 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Attend to the basic human needs of the poor, afflicted, addicted and needy demonstrating love, mercy and grace of jesus christ and therefore glorifying god.
What it reported doing in 2024
MISSION BUILDING- 1317 PORTAGE ROAD IN NIAGARA FALLS, NY IS A SHELTER PROVIDING SLEEPING FOR UP TO 100 MEN TO KEEP THEM OFF THE STREETS.MISSION HOUSE- PORTAGE ROAD SHELTER PROVIDING SLEEPING AND SHELTER TO NEEDY.FEEDING THREE HOT MEALS A DAY TO ALL WHO COME-Nutritious Meals: We serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner to all those who are clients or residentsin our building.Dinner is open to the community at 5:15 PM (for men, women, and children).Lecture: In addition to a nutritious meal, Bible-based messages are shared beforehand by staff members and/or volunteers.LONG TERM RECOVERY PROGRAM TREATING VARIOUS ADDICITIONS AND PERSONAL ISSUES-We are open 365 days a year. For those men that need short term housing we provide showers, hygiene supplies, a meal, and safe and sober place to stay warm and sleep.Our men's shelter provides short term 30 day stability. During this time we offer other programs that we have available. MEN'S OVERNIGHT EMERGENCY SHELTER- Open 365 days a year for up to 30 men.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 73
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 54.9%; rating input score 55
- Program expense ratio: 77.5%; rating input score 77
- Fundraising efficiency: $8.73 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 34; 34th 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 29.8%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.15; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.5%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 54.9% of revenue deployed · 77.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $75K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 34/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 45/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.