Victoria Christian Assistance Ministry
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742415320
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Victoria, TX, United States
- Phone
- 361.572.0048
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $487,249
- Expenses
- $377,752
- Assets
- $848,996
- Liabilities
- $1,534
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KATHY HUNT (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JOE FARIAS (DIRECTOR)
- MARGIE GIRDY (DIRECTOR)
- KATHY HUNT (PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Providing Hope When Things Seem Hopeless. VCAM is a volunteer-based organization established in 1986 that operates as a safety net for families and individuals in crisis situations in the community. _Providing Hope When Things Seem Hopeless_ We are a volunteer-based organization with over 70 volunteers who donate over 10,000 hours to our operation annually. We are a volunteer-based organization with over 70 volunteers who donate over 10,000 hours to our operation annually. The goal of our organization is to help our community members with their most basic and if possible, more extensive needs. Established in 1986 as a Christian 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. VCAM provides a broad range of services that are typically requested of churches. We operate as a safety net for families and individuals in crisis situations in our community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Individuals are provided food, basic needs supplies and/or financial assistance for utilities, medical expenses and transportation. Vcam discontinued financial assistance for the final 11 months of the year for prescription and utilities assistance due to high food budget concerns. Consideration made on a case by case basis.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 51% for direct work, and 49% for grants.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.3%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $924.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 22.5%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.25; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 72.3% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $352K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.