Restoration Christian Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841538967
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Aurora, CO, USA
Phone
3038677700
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,855,979
Expenses
$1,250,771
Assets
$4,274,300
Liabilities
$287,568

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRENDA TAYLOR (PRESIDENT)
  • KOTANE GILBERT (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KOTANE GILBERT (VICE PRESIDENT): $55,900 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To restore individuals to their rightful place in society, equipping them with skills necessary to overcome communal, educational, economic, recreational, and social deprivation.

What it reported doing in 2024

Restoration christian ministries continued its safe parking and safe outdoor spaces (sos) programs to address the public health concerns, and unsanctioned encampments across aurora. We maintained safe parking spaces for 16 vehicles and sos with 50 pallet shelters homes serving up to 60 individuals at a time. Sos allow unhoused neighbors to have a housing-first, resource-rich, and secure environment. The sos model ensures access to basic human services, as well as resources and services that allow for everyone to move toward stability within their own community. The housing first service model connects all residents with housing navigation, job assistance, counseling, healthcare, and food services to assist in their transition to permanent housing. Rcm maintained a strong partnership with the city of aurora and the salvation army to ensure that the safe outdoor space remained a vital resource for unhoused residents and an overall asset to the nearby community. After three years of operations, we ceased operations of the sos program in september 2024 as we prepared for the start of construction of kings crossing village.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 72% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 43
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 55
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28.3%; rating input score 28
  • Program expense ratio: 81.5%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th 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: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 8th 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: Fail
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 67.6%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.42; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 44.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 101.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 28.3% of revenue deployed · 81.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $56K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 28/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.