United Methodist Open Door
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 480731995
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Wichita, KS, US
- Phone
- 316.265.9371
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,644,085
- Expenses
- $4,018,192
- Assets
- $7,970,312
- Liabilities
- $84,394
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CRYSTAL FUSSELL (PRESIDENT)
- RENE WHITE (PRESIDENT ELECT/VICE PRESI)
- G DEANN SMITH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- G DEANN SMITH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $108,964 total reported compensation
- JENNIFER HURLEY (FORMER DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & OPER): $20,066 total reported compensation
- DEBRA DIEL (FORMER DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & OPER): $18,693 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide for basic human needs, promote positive life changes, and restore hope and protect dignity. United Methodist Open Door, INC is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. | Donor Confidentiality Mission Statement: Provide for basic human needs. Promote positive life changes. Restore hope and protect dignity. The website project is funded by generous donors: Goebel Family Star Lumber Charitable Foundation and Jean and Charlie Eby. Provide for basic human needs.
What it reported doing in 2024
Homeless services: homeless resource center (hrc) is a program that provides day shelter and support services for homeless adults. Family rapid rehousing (frrh) provides housing and support services for families moving from homelessness to permanent housing. Our new service, housing navigation assists individuals and families in obtaining and maintaining permanent housing. Number of unduplicated clients served: hrc 1,565 individuals and frrh 116 individuals. Programs are designed to increase well-being and to assist individuals and families in moving toward a stronger sense of self-determination.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 73% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and the available information about grant readiness federal audit leaves an important question unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.4%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 85.2%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $32.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th 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: -10.3%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.98; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 95.4% of revenue deployed · 85.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $109K · 21 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.