The Gospel Mission
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 420819319
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Sioux City, IA, United States
- Phone
- 7122551769
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,818,585
- Expenses
- $3,068,162
- Assets
- $5,061,354
- Liabilities
- $203,974
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RICHARD SALEM (VICE PRESIDENT)
- THOMAS FITCH (PRESIDENT)
- RANDALL EHLERS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- RANDALL EHLERS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $98,588 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 Feed the Hungry, To Clothe the Poor, To Shelter the Homeless, To Lead Them to Christ. A:** Yes, please! All of the items donated to our Mission go to helping those in need. Q: Do you accept state and federal Funding or participate in United Way? A** : No. The Mission receives all of its support from individuals and other private sources of funding. We want to make sure that the funds we receive are able to be put to use carrying out all aspects of our Mission. Q: Are you an independent organization? A** : Yes, we are! We are a member of the Gospel Rescue Mission Fellowship (GRMF) and not affiliated with any other nonprofits or churches.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provide pastoral services for the homeless and the needy
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 91% 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.
- 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: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.2%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 81.8%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $9.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th 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: 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: -8.9%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.65; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 89.2% of revenue deployed · 81.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $99K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.