Mercy House INC

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Montgomery, AL501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 83-1344245Revenue $1.8M in FY2024

On file with the IRSmercyhousemgm.orgPo Box 10036, 36108-0019 · Montgomery, ALTax-exempt since Mar 2019Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The Mercy House provides spiritual, social, and educational services to people in need. Ourpurpose is to redirect lives through the services we provide.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 11 volunteers and 10 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $302K a year · 25% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$73K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 87% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $74K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$6K
0.4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.8M
-9% vs prior year
Spent
$1.3M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$1.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.8M
FY2024▼ -9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$314K
FY2021$979K
FY2022$884K
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$1.8M
Expenses
$1.3M
FY2024▲ +11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$286K
FY2021$686K
FY2022$989K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.3M
Net assets
$1.7M
FY2024▲ +42%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$189K
FY2021$483K
FY2022$378K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.7M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2019.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $1.2M Management & general 6% · $81K Fundraising 4% · $57K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

21 people listed on the 990; $73K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$73,000Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kenneth Austin’s $73K as Executive Director is at the 13th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kenneth Austin$73,000$73,200$73,000$73,000$51,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Offers spiritual, social, and educational help to redirect lives.

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1 program · $1.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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We provide hot meals six days a week to any hungry people that walk into the mercy house, as well as providing area homeless with hot showers, a place to wash and dry their clothes, or obtain a clean set of clothes, and provide a safe place for area children to get nutritional snacks and meals when they are not in school.

$1.2Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$74K
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Grants paid · 4 grants · $95K · 2023–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$37,437
Westside Baptist ChurchFY2023$30,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$20,497

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Money outPt IX
$1.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.2M
Managementcol C$81K
Fundraisingcol D$57K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$748K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6K
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$412K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$6K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Total revenueLn 12$1.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$748K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$748K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$538K
Other assetsLn 15$393K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6K
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 611
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$774K$748K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$71K$538K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K$6K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$4K$4K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$37K$37K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$73K$58K$7K$7K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$705K$692K$13K
Payroll taxesLn 10$28K$24K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$38K$38K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$6K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$15K$13K$1K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$127K$127K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$34K$17K$17K
InsuranceLn 23$21K$18K$1K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$203K$157K$46K
All other expensesLn 24e$9K$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.3M$1.2M$81K$57K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.8M$1.3M$497K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.0M$1.2M$798K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $884K$989K−$105K$378K 990 PDF
FY2021 $979K$686K$294K$483K 990 PDF
FY2020 $314K$286K$28K$189K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,797,155 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,898,744$1,795,680
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $70,806$1,475
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,969,550$1,797,155
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $65,747$41,085
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $593,745$805,973
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $511,644$452,739
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,171,136$1,299,797
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $798,414$497,358
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,797,155 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$412,172
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,383,508
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$5,864
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,795,680
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $1,475$1,475
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,475$1,797,155
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,299,797 across 13 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $3,648$3,648
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $37,437$37,437
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $58,400 · Management $7,300 · Fundraising $7,300$73,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $692,089 · Management $13,117$705,206
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $23,602 · Management $4,165$27,767
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $37,510$37,510
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $6,049$6,049
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $12,605 · Management $1,081 · Fundraising $1,594$15,280
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $127,463$127,463
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $17,072 · Management $17,072$34,144
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $17,971 · Management $1,063 · Fundraising $1,594$20,628
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $156,701 · Fundraising $46,272$202,973
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $8,692$8,692
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,161,729 · Management $81,308 · Fundraising $56,760$1,299,797
Part X · Balance sheet $1,679,480 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $774,024$747,958
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $70,760$538,057
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $335,895$393,465
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,180,679$1,679,480
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,576$6,019
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,576$6,019
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,176,103$1,673,461
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,180,679$1,679,480
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,673,461 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,797,155
XI-2 Total expenses$1,299,797
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$497,358
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,176,103
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,673,461

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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