WayPoint Resources
Legal name: Waukee Area Christian Services Waypoint Resources
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 203107170
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Waukee, IA, United States
- Phone
- (515) 987-5523
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Food Banks, Pantries
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $811,678
- Expenses
- $736,014
- Assets
- $846,470
- Liabilities
- $5,166
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TRAVIS JOHNSON (President)
- RICK ARNOLD (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- MELISSA STIMPLE (Executive Dir.): $59,060 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
WayPoint Resources is a nonprofit organization that provides compassionate, practical care to the greater Dallas County area, offering food, clothing, one-on-one support and medical assistance to those struggling to make ends meet. When you volunteer your time and talent, you become a key part of our mission. Your help is the backbone of our organization, creating a stronger, more compassionate commmunity for all. Learn more Produce Section. School supplies are available for children in grades kindergarten through high school in the Waukee Community School District. If you would like to participate in our 2026 School Supplies program you must complete the online application **and** provide identification for **all** household members, proof of income, and address **by 6:00 pm on Monday, July 20, 2026. APPLICATION CLIENT REGISTRATION DEADLINE.
What it reported doing in 2024
Health - the health programs serve patients through a free clinic. The free clinicis a member of the free clinics of Iowa, a volunteer healthcare network, andprovides the following services; 1)illness and minor injury care, 2)well-childexams, 3)sports and school physicals, 4)employment physicals, 5)chronic diseasemanagement 6)diabetes-glucose testing, 7)patient assistance program enrollment.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.8%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 81.7%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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; 76th 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.3%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.15; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 74.8% of revenue deployed · 81.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $601K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $59K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.