United Methodist Social Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770578535
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Bishop, CA, USA
Phone
7608727701
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Residential Mental Health Treatment
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$58,067
Expenses
$86,431
Assets
$125,337
Liabilities
$395

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Caddy Jackson (Vice President, Board Member 2027)

People named in this filing

  • Kate Hunter (Ex Officio Pastor)
  • Pam Blackwell (Chair, Board Member 2027)
  • Kathy Zack (Treasurer, Board Member 2028)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

United Methodist Social Services exists to meet the needs of the people of the Eastern Sierra that are not met by existing social structures.

What it reported doing in 2025

Through the Soup Kitchen fed an average of 40 guests, three days a week and offered showers to about 4 persons on those days. Maintained and improved the community garden offering education and a place for people to grow food through a MOU with the City of Bishop allowing for the use of space at the city park. Psalm Eight Project is for community composting and soil preservation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 71.4%; rating input score 71

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -48.8%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.45; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.5%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 71.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $62K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.