Glisson
Legal name: North Georgia Camp and Retreat Ministries Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 580633975
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Dahlonega, GA, USA
- Phone
- 7068646181
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,199,310
- Expenses
- $4,579,643
- Assets
- $18,469,952
- Liabilities
- $1,036,616
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- C RUSSELL DAVIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- C RUSSELL DAVIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $120,565 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Since 1925, people have gathered at Glisson for summer camp and group retreats to grow closer to God and to one another — to practice Christian faith and servant leadership in ways that translate to everyday life so it becomes a core part of who we are. Glisson could not operate without the devoted support of people who have contributed their time, energy, and gifts since 1925 and up to the present day. Visit our Serve page to find out about the various opportunities to serve and support Glisson’s ministry. a What are your organization’s stakeholder rights? We have always been committed to engaging those connected to these ministries in the most respectful and trustworthy ways possible. We’re sharing a consolidated list of expectations for your interactions with us so that you can help us hold ourselves accountable to our commitment.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provide camp and retreat ministries which shape and expand the christian commitment of persons of all ages empowering them to live the truth of the gospel
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 78% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.7%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 88.3%; rating input score 88
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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: -9.1%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.03; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.6%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 97.7% of revenue deployed · 88.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $121K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.