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MORNING STAR MISSION MINISTRIES

EIN 36-2422510 JOLIET, IL

Revenue 2024
$8,323,137
Expenses 2024
$8,247,349

Program services were 77.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P850
Classification
1000
Street
350 E WASHINGTON ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MORNING STAR MISSION MINISTRIES IS A NON-DENOMINATIONAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO RELIEVING THE SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL HUNGER OF THE POOR. WE DO THIS BY PROVIDING FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY, CLOTHING FOR THE NEEDY, SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS AND THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST FOR ALL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDING FOOD, CLOTHING, SHELTER, AND LONG-TERM RECOVERY PROGRAMS FOR THE HOMELESS OF JOLIET AND SURROUNDING WILL COUNTY AREA.

  • MORNINGSTAR MISSION MINISTRIES PROVIDES EMERGENCY, LONG TERM AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN JOLIET, IL. DURING 2024, THEY PROVIDED 36,859 NIGHTS OF STAY. ADDITIONALLY, THEY PROVIDED 4,158 CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, HAD 14 PROFESSIONS OF FAITH, HELD 124 BIBLE STUDIES, HAD 1,158 DEVOTIONS, 9,407 SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENTS, 125 PARTICIPANTS IN LIFE SKILLS, HAD 12 PROGRAM GRADUATES, AND HOUSED 25 PERSONS.

    Expenses $4,550,759

  • OUR TREASURE CHEST STORES (THRIFT STORES) IN JOLIET AND NEW LENOX PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE IN OUR PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP JOB TRAINING SKILLS AND PROVIDES EMERGENCY VOLUNTEERS FOR FAMILIES WHO CANNOT AFFORD CLOTHING OR FURNITURE.

    Expenses $1,198,481

  • COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES INCLUDE A DROP IN CENTER, HOLIDAY MEALS, BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND CHRISTMAS GIFTS. THE DROP IN CENTER PROVIDES A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO SPEND DAYTIME HOURS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, LOCATE RESOURCES FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THEIR CHALLENGES AND SPEAK WITH A CASE MANAGER. THE DROP IN CENTER ALSO SERVES AS A WARMING AND COOLING CENTER DURING THE EXTREME HOT AND COLD MONTHS. 10,568 UTILIZED THE DROP-IN CENTER, 479 UTILIZED THE COMPUTER LAB. THERE WERE 120 JOB REFERRALS AND 53 HOUSING REFERRALS.

    Expenses $607,695

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • JEFF BAKER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • GRAHAM ROGERS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • BOB WETTERMAN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • MATT NOLAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • GWEN STERK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • KEVIN WATSON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $144,829
    From this org
    $144,829
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • CATHY LEIBROCK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • CALVIN QUARLES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $8,323,137
    Expenses
    $8,247,349
    Contributions
    $6,414,450
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,006,078
    Expenses
    $6,494,213
    Contributions
    $5,053,768
    Grants paid
    $530,395
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,061,189
    Expenses
    $6,848,081
    Contributions
    $5,093,773
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,026,066
    Expenses
    $6,812,958
    Contributions
    $5,093,773
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,641,354
    Expenses
    $6,771,854
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,699,812

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,988,362
    Expenses
    $6,939,923
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,251,113

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,414,192
    Expenses
    $7,593,790
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,217,357

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,918,438
    Expenses
    $7,271,974
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,559,530

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.