Redwood Gospel Missions
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 946122045
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2023
- Location
- Santa Rosa, CA, United States
- Phone
- 707.578.1830
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Homeless Shelters
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $19,066,527
- Expenses
- $9,004,709
- Assets
- $22,643,472
- Liabilities
- $1,459,457
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KEVIN O'MALLEY (PRESIDENT)
- RICHARD PEDERSEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JEFFREY W GILMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JEFFREY W GILMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $154,880 total reported compensation
- LUCY WOOLUMS (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $90,076 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Redwood Gospel Missions, in the grace and power of Jesus Christ, mobilizes our community to minister to the needy so that lives are transformed. It is a light brought about by the transformed lives which have resulted from the ministries of all those who have poured themselves out. Beginning as a 14 bed shelter in 1963, the Missions now mobilize the community to minister to the needy through a variety of homeless services, recovery programs, vocational training, jail ministries, outreach events and thrift store. Our Mission. In this first episode of Real Change presented by Redwood Gospel Missions, Host Jeff Gilman (Director of RGM) talks with McKenzie High (Director of Shelter & Recovery Ministries for RGM) about who they aim to serve, McKenzie’s journey, the stigma of homelessness, reconnection with family and creating stability. The two also discuss the mission of Redwood...
What it reported doing in 2024
Temporary overnight housing for homeless men, 24 hour temporary housing for women & children; 12 to 18 month alcohol/drug recovery for both men & women; community outreach events to homeless individuals & low income families; job training skills through various certification programs offered at all the service locations & at thrift stores. Free clothing & household items are available on request to homeless & low income families.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% 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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 82
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 41.8%; rating input score 42
- Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $21.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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; 66th 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: 52.8%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.51; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 41.8% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $155K · 12 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.