The Next Door Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
432001774
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Nashville, TN, USA
Phone
6152518805
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Homeless Shelters
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,669,356
Expenses
$10,214,499
Assets
$12,624,135
Liabilities
$2,031,584

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

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RACHEL MORRIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • RACHEL MORRIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $130,232 total reported compensation
  • EMILY KOHAL (FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER): $125,910 total reported compensation
  • CINDY GRIFFITH (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $123,838 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The next door provides a continuum of evidence-based services for women and their families impacted by addiction, mental illness, trauma and/or incarceration with christ-centered compassionate care.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided drug and alcohol rehabilitation services to women.

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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and a relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 37
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.7%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $28.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.8%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.24; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48.7% of revenue deployed · 74.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 24 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 29 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $640K reported
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.