Open Door Mission

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
760146890
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
7139217520
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Support N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,453,605
Expenses
$3,133,055
Assets
$2,582,004
Liabilities
$85,367

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

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Thomas M Thompson (President & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Thomas M Thompson (President & CEO): $116,877 total reported compensation
  • Philip Vaughn (COO): $113,613 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Open Door Mission is a faith and evidence-based recovery and rehabilitation facility and program dedicated to transforming the lives of the most severely addicted, destitute, homeless, and disabled men in Houston, Texas, and surrounding communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

EDUCATION - Open Door Mission requires all men in the DoorWay Program to complete at least 5-10 hours of academic education each week of computer-based instruction to become computer literate and ready for additional educational, technical, or employment. Early in their stay, educational assessments are provided to clients to identify their educational grade equivalency level. Then, a customized academic curriculum, with emphasis on their weaknesses, is created to improve their performance. The computerized program is self-paced and available to clients for daily preparation for regular progress evaluations. See Schedule O. Computer literacy is required to function in our computer-based society. The training includes typing and functional use of Microsoft Office software (Office, Word, and Excel), most commonly used in job placement opportunities. Mission volunteers provide additional support as tutors for clients who need one-on-one instruction to achieve academic progress. The Mission's Education and Technology Center is an officially recommended provider of GED programming by the University of Houston and Houston Community College. The GED program is also available free of charge to community students. Additionally, we are members of the Houston Center for Literacy, which provides training in the latest methods in adult education.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 83.5%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th 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: 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: -27.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.4%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 83.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 29 of 29 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $117K · 31 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.