Sojourn Ministries Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 260697699
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Lawrenceville, GA, USA
- Phone
- 6787431808
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Treatment Only
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,086,384
- Expenses
- $921,163
- Assets
- $618,737
- Liabilities
- $10,039
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Farley Barge (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Farley Barge (President): $77,835 total reported compensation
- Susan Barge (Secretary): $71,742 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
OUR MISSION is to serve individuals and families impacted by addiction, connecting them to the resources they need and removing barriers that prevent them from getting and staying well.
What it reported doing in 2024
Lightway for Women - We serve women with dignity and respect in a long-term, residential environment which is staffed 24/7/365. The center served 24 residents. In a year, each resident had over 400 hours of classes, 52 hours of one-on-one recovery coaching with a certified recovery coach, and 300 hours of support groups to which they were safely transported. Each lady experienced 104 hours of bible studies, 52 church services in a year at various faith communities, 312 hours of exercise and had 1095 meals and 1095 healthy snacks per year. So many enrichment opportunities were experienced by the ladies: hair makeovers, 104 hours of art therapy, and creative classes. Our residents' families also receive 52 weekly education classes and at least 8 hours of family coaching as residents work through family issues. During the year 240 volunteers worked over 517 hours to share life skills, stories and furnish creative crafts for the residents, volunteer at events, assist with painting, gardening and keeping the property a beautiful and healing space for our residents . Because of the generosity of our donors and community, we were able to provide these activities and services to our residents to enhance the level of care that is essential to long term recovery for the women we serve.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 67
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75.5%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 88.9%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th 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: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.2%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 16.2%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21.4% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 75.5% of revenue deployed · 88.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $819K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $78K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 42 of 43 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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: 2 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.