Serving USA

Legal name: Serving USA Inc Fka Serving California

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460743399
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Camas, WA, USA
Phone
3107745300
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$226,739
Expenses
$3,820,445
Assets
$4,004,897
Liabilities
$80,158

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR GREG BRUCE (PRESIDENT, ED)
  • ANITA MCINTYRE (VICE PRESIDENT OF TAX)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR GREG BRUCE (PRESIDENT, ED): $268,842 total reported compensation
  • STEPHANIE BORGES (PROGRAM DIRECTOR): $130,049 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We believe in the power of grace, redemption, and transformation through Jesus Christ. Serving USA partners with and provides funding for Christian nonprofit organizations dedicated to serving prisoners, women in recovery, and military veterans—individuals navigating some of life’s most challenging circumstances—so ministries can bring hope, healing, and lasting transformation to those in need.

What it reported doing in 2025

Prisoners and ex-prisonersserving USA is addressing a staggering national 54% recidivism rate for inmates who re-offend after being paroled back into our communities, by facilitating in-prison programs that address the criminogenic risk factors that lead them to commit crimes and might lead them to re-offend in the future. The tumi in prison program supported by serving USA has had 9,370 participants since inception with 5,806 participants in ca, ar, ak, co, fl, ks, mi, or, tx, wa, in 2025. Recidivism rate for tumi graduates after 3 years of release is 3.0%. An additional 533 inmates were served in long term programming within faith-based dorms in Texas, Arkansas and Florida and 20,601 men and women inmates were provided parenting skills classes and trauma healing across numerous units, prisons and states.additionally, serving USA facilitates post-release programming by supporting partner organizations who provide wrap around services such as housing, transportation, job placement, financial planning and counseling that assisted 3,899 ex-offenders in a successful transition back into the community. Another 3,121 inmates and ex-offenders received legal support and services to aid in their successful transition.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 63% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 85
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.7%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • 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: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1,585%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.05; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.4%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $269K · 8 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $317K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 41 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 44 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.