St. John’s Ministries

What it reported doing in 2024

St. John's ministries' men's shelter is a seasonal emergency shelter of last resort for adult men experiencing homelessness, operating from november 1 to april 30. The city of green bay permits 140 guests per evening. For adults presenting with mental health concerns, chronic health conditions, trauma, addiction, or other barriers preventing access to other shelters or housing, st. John's ministries provides safe shelter, wraparound support, and case management to help them work toward self-sufficiency. During the 2024-2025 shelter season the men's shelter served 438 men with 17,902 bed nights of shelter. The average number of men sheltered was 100 per night. The men's shelter has an employment room with 20 beds for men working at least 20 hours per week and a sobriety room with 9 beds for men strongly committed to maintaining their sobriety. St. John's ministries' women's shelter is a seasonal emergency shelter of last resort for adult women experiencing homelessness, operating from november 1 to april 30. The city of green bay permits 70 guests per evening. During the 2024-2025 shelter season the women's shelter served 208 women with 7,321 bed nights of shelter. The average number of women sheltered per night was 41. Many of the women who sought shelter were fleeing from a domestic violence incident or ongoing abuse. St. John's ministries provides safe shelter and wraparound support, including a women's empowerment room with 9 beds for women who desire to embrace a renewed mindset for positive change and commit to sobriety and managing their mental health. Organization wide, during the 2024-2025 shelter season, 233 individuals volunteered providing 17,655 hours engaging with guests and performing other services at both our shelters. In addition, 134 unique meal teams helped provide and serve over 50,000 meals. Of the men and women served, 41% self-reported dealing with some form of mental health struggle, 33% self-reported a chronic health issue, 30% self-reported having a physical disability, 26% self-reported having a substance abuse disorder, and 13% self-reported a developmental disability. St. John's ministries' commitment to supporting adults experiencing homelessness continues into the safe sleep program. This program acts as a support to the most chronically homeless and vulnerable guests and those still needing a safe place to stay beyond the emergency shelter season as they work towards securing stable housing. Safe sleep operates at our men's shelter for eligible male and female guests from april 30 to november 1. Also, from april 30 to november 1, st. John's ministries operates drop-in days every tuesday and friday. Drop-in days services provide breakfast and lunch, shower access, clothing, hygiene items, laundry service, and case management at both the men's shelter and women's shelter.throughout the year, staff work alongside the green bay police department and other community partners to conduct street outreach and respond to calls involving people experiencing homelessness. This program succeeds with staff meeting a very vulnerable population where they are and connecting them with case management services, meals, programs, and resources. Additionally, st. John's ministries began the lasting change program in which staff visit the homes of formerly homeless individuals to provide resources and support to prevent them from losing their housing and falling back into homelessness. The total roster of that program now exceeds 100 people after just a year of implementation.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 80.5%; rating input score 81
• Program expense ratio: 71.5%; rating input score 72
• Fundraising efficiency: $5.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• 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; 63rd 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: -12.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.1; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.9%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings