Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MERCYS GATE.

Totals

Total revenue: $1,675,244
Total expenses: $1,631,100
Contributions and grants received: $1,655,314
Grants paid: $1,012,720
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $17,310
Other revenue: $2,620
Total assets, end of year: $1,445,121
Total liabilities, end of year: $122,147
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $1,322,974
Program services expenses (Part IX): $1,233,815
Management and general expenses: $241,010
Fundraising expenses: $156,275
Program service expenses (Part III): $1,233,815

Program services were 75.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

1e · Government grants (contributions)

$10,000
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$1,645,314
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$726,499
3 · Investment income

total $17,310 · excluded $17,310
11a · Other revenue: GIFT CARDS

total $2,620 · related or exempt $2,620
11e · Other revenue, total

$2,620

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $1,012,720 · program services $1,012,720
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $147,221 · program services $49,908 · management and general $66,102 · fundraising $31,211
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $123,821 · program services $41,975 · management and general $55,596 · fundraising $26,250
9 · Other employee benefits

total $47,263 · program services $16,022 · management and general $21,221 · fundraising $10,020
11c · Fees: accounting

total $9,088 · management and general $9,088
13 · Office expenses

total $9,464 · program services $3,880 · management and general $5,111 · fundraising $473
16 · Occupancy

total $51,000 · program services $38,250 · management and general $10,200 · fundraising $2,550
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $22,283 · program services $16,712 · management and general $4,457 · fundraising $1,114
23 · Insurance

total $11,287 · program services $8,465 · management and general $2,257 · fundraising $565
24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR

total $114,178 · management and general $50,238 · fundraising $63,940
24b · Other expenses: SECURITY EXPENSE

total $16,196 · program services $16,196
24c · Other expenses: TECHNOLOGY

total $10,246 · program services $3,074 · management and general $2,049 · fundraising $5,123
24d · Other expenses: FACILITY UTILITIES

total $8,964 · program services $6,723 · management and general $1,793 · fundraising $448
24e · All other expenses

total $47,369 · program services $19,890 · management and general $12,898 · fundraising $14,581

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $197,423 · end of year $254,634
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $975,113 · end of year $996,480
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $55,927 · end of year $54,097
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $18,528 · end of year $12,284
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $4,886 · end of year $5,589
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$148,258
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$117,560
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $52,981 · end of year $30,698
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $139,487 · end of year $91,339
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $30,027 · end of year $34,808
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $135,487 · end of year $87,339
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $1,187,734 · end of year $1,217,109
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $91,097 · end of year $105,865

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MERCY'S GATE SERVES ANYONE LIVING IN EL PASO COUNTY WHO'S FACING A FINANCIAL OR LIFE CRISIS. WE OFFER SHORT-TERM RELIEF IN AN EFFORT TO STABILIZE THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES. OUR SERVICES ARE PRACTICAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE, UTILITES ASSISTANCE, FOOD, ETC. A NEIGBOR MEETS ONE-ON-ONE WITH A VOLUNTEER ADVOCATE, WHO CAN GIVE THEM A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES. THIS ASSISTANCE OFTEN OPENS A DOOR TO SHARE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS AND GIVES NEIGHBORS A HOPE AND VISION FOR A RESTORED FUTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOR PEOPLE IN CRISIS, WE OFFER RELIEF, THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL, AND A VISION FOR RESTORATION

IN 2023, MERCY'S GATE PROVIDED FOOD PANTRY VISITS TO 4,571 HOUSEHOLDS REPRESENTING 13,983 PEOPLE. THIS SERVICE IS VALUED AT $510K. ADDITIONALLY, MORE THAN 2,426 HOT MEALS WERE SERVED TO OUR NEIGHBORS WHILE THEY VISITED MERCY'S GATE, SEEKING EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. RENTAL/ MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE OF $215K WAS PROVIDED TO 449 HOUSEHOLDS HELPING THEM AVOID EVICTION AND HOMELESSNESS. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COLORADO SPRINGS UILTITES' PROJECT COPE AND ENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO', WE PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO THOSE FACING DISCONNECTION OF THEIR UTILITIES. THESE PROGRAMS HELPED 411 HOUSEHOLDS (1205 INDIVIDUALS), MAINTAIN HEAT, LIGHT, AMD COOKING CAPABILITIES WITH A COMBINED VALUE OF $239,300. ADDITIONALLY, MERCY'S GATE PROVIDED DIRECT UTILITIES ASSISTANCE FOR 11 HOUSEHOLDS TOTALLING $2,400.OTHER ASSISTANCE INCLUDED A MEDICAL PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDED 483 HOUSEHOLDS ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE, MEDICATIONS, VISION EXAMS AND EYEGLASSES VALUED AT $18,960, PREPARATION OF 1,148 TAX RETURNS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH THE VITA PROGRAM WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF $516,600. CLOTHING VOUCHERS FOR 799 HOUSEHOLDS, REPRESENTING 2412 PEOPLE, WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF $28,089; HOLIDAY MEAL KITS FOR 686 FAMILIES ($90,700); TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE FOR 1268 HOUSEHOLDS ($28,879); AND OTHER ASSISTANCE SUCH AS BIRTHDAY GIFTS, EMOTIONAL CARE AND SUPPORT, AND DIRECT STAFF SUPPORT TO PROGRAMS AND PEOPLE IN NEED. VOLUNTEERS, WHOSE TIME DID NOT QUALIFY FOR RECORDING IN THE ORGANIZATION'S GAAP FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, DONATED OVER 11,793 HOURS OF TIME VALUED AT MORE THAN $375K. THE ORGANIZATION'S VALUE OF DONATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND DONATED RENT ARE INCLUDED IN ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BUT ARE INELIGIBLE TO BE INCLUDED ON THE FORM 990.

Expenses $1,233,815 · Grants $1,012,720

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

JERRY REINSMA

BOARD CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
EDDIE WHITE

BOARD SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JACY MAUTZ

BOARD TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
EJ NUSBAUM

BOARD VICE CHAIRMAN

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JASON DILGER

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$147,221

From this org

$87,089

From related orgs

$0

Other

$60,132

Hours/week

40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 23 May 2024
IRS schema version: 2023v5.0
Source object: 202421509349300917

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