San Antonio Metropolitan Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742285793
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone
2103400302
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,040,920
Expenses
$25,326,046
Assets
$18,838,965
Liabilities
$14,262,068

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NIKISHA BAKER (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • NIKISHA BAKER (CEO): $261,291 total reported compensation
  • GAY SCHWENK (COO): $167,231 total reported compensation
  • MALIHA IMAMI (CDO): $145,286 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

San antonio metropolitan ministry, inc. Dba samministries, is an interfaith ministry, the mission of which is to help the homeless, and those at risk of becoming homeless, to attain self-sufficiency by offering, with dignity and compassion, shelter, housing, and services. Samministries' purpose also includes helping impoverished and homeless people progress from crisis to self-sufficiency through a "continuum of care" model to break the cycle of homelessness.

What it reported doing in 2024

Rapid re-housing (rrh) services: samministries' rrh program targets homeless families and individuals and assists them in rapidly securing and maintaining permanent housing. Credit/criminal history, inadequate income, disabilities, and behavioral health disorders do not impact individuals' ability to receive services in this program. Case managers assist households in locating apartments that meet hud housing quality standards, help them with applying to lease, and provide assistance with security and/or utility deposits. Once housed, samministries provides rental assistance typically for a period of 12-18 months, while individuals and families are offered intensive case management services to assist them in addressing challenges that impacted their housing stability. Program clients are helped with integrating into their neighborhoods, accessing needed mental/physical health and employment services, securing income/benefits for which they are eligible, and accessing an array of other services. All participants have access to samministries' adult education program, which offers financial and other assistance for individuals working to further their education and/or to engage in vocational training programs. Samministries successfully housed 238 households consisting of 448 formerly homeless adults and children in 2025. Ninety-three percent of those assisted maintained housing for at least 12 months after financial assistance and services concluded.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 61% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 56% for direct work, and 44% for grants.
  • 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: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.7%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 79.8%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.1%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.74; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.76; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.7% of revenue deployed · 79.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $20.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $261K · 20 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $719K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.