Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
756054677
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Fort Worth, TX, United States
Phone
817.339.2553
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$22,711,258
Expenses
$13,296,204
Assets
$89,740,161
Liabilities
$610,004

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Don Shisler (CEO Emeritus)
  • Charles Wolford (President/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Don Shisler (CEO Emeritus): $247,849 total reported compensation
  • Charles Wolford (President/CEO): $218,929 total reported compensation
  • Bryan Hiett (CFO): $185,511 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

On a mission to provide Hope, Respect and New Beginnings to our unsheltered neighbors through discipleship and the transformational love of Christ. See the Impact of Your Support Each meal served, each night of shelter provided, and each life renewed stands as testimony to what God can do when we remain on a mission together. Greg’s story is a powerful example of this transformation—the life-changing work that happens when individuals are met with love, support, and faith. His journey reflects the heart of our mission—to restore hope and dignity so that transformed lives can go on to transform others, one life at a time.

What it reported doing in 2024

Union gospel mission of tarranty county strives each day to transform lives by offering three keys to lasting change - love, hope and respect. Ugm-tc offers resident programs for individuals to maximize their potential by devloping the skills needed to become independent productive community members. Every day, people in difficult situations benefit from daily chapel services, shelter, meals, a case management plan designed to address the physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs for each client which includes assistance programs, inter-agency collaboration and referrals. Services are provided for men, women, intact families, single fathers with children and single mothers with children. Children are provided with enrichment programs geared to learning, growth and development. In 2024, 6,444 homeless men, women and children were served a total of 106,055 nights of shelter. In addition, union gospel mission provides shelter, a hot shower, meals and fresh laundry for up to 128 overnight men and women per day. Overnight female guest have access to case management including recovery from drugs and alcohol, securing critical documents, job search and resume building skills and access to healthcare at the healing shepherd clinic. All overnight guests have the option to change to the resident program if they so desire and if space is available. In 2024, 21,639 nights of shelter were provided for non-resident guests.

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 99% 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

SUPPORTED - 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.7%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 80.3%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 41.5%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.75; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.9%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 59.7% of revenue deployed · 80.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $10.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $248K · 30 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $181K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 36 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D other securities reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.