Redemption House Ministry
Legal name: Redemption House Ministry Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 352079898
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- Fort Wayne, IN, USA
- Phone
- 260-449-9091
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Interfaith Coalitions
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $967,178
- Expenses
- $1,102,338
- Assets
- $1,963,996
- Liabilities
- $683,526
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Tomi Cardin (Executive Dir.): $77,576 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Redemption House is a network of transition homes for women that serves as an alternative to incarceration. Our residents seek to redeem their lives from past destructive behavior by developing a faith-based lifestyle and by gaining the skills needed to live successfully on their own. Yes. The purpose and program of Redemption House are based on Christian principles. We want to build the whole person. All programing has a faith element. Key components include daily devotions, a Monday night Bible study, required church attendance, and Celebrate Recovery, a faith-based program for overcoming addictions. Numerous churches support Redemption House in various ways. Are all of the women rehabilitated? Sadly, no. If women fail to live up to the conditions set by the court system or to the standards set by Redemption House, they are released back into the prison system. Sometimes, relapses...
What it reported doing in 2024
Women residents are assigned to Redemption House by the courts as an alternative to jail. During a six-month residency at Redemption House, women work to develop job skills, find freedom from addictions, and mend broken relationships. As a Christian community, we grow together in faith and positive lifestyle choices. We form partnerships with local agencies, organizations, businesses, churches, and individuals to carry out our important mission. We rely on the expertise and generosity of allies who believe in what we do. Please see Schedule O for further information.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 87% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.3%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 79.2%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: $8.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 33; 33rd 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: 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: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -14%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.78; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 26.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 24.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 90.3% of revenue deployed · 79.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $873K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $78K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.