Midwest Mission Distribution Center 
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Summary
We send tangible resources to those in need to make an intangible difference in their lives through hope and empowerment.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Midwest Mission Distribution Center
1001 Mission Drive
Pawnee, IL 62558
Website: www.midwestmission.org
Phone: 217-483-7911
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 371391589
CEO/President: Chantel Corrie
Chairman: Darla Holden
Board size: 22
Founder: Jack Travelstead
Ruling year: 2001
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: No
Member of ECFA since:
Purpose
We are a logistical conduit for Christ's ministry. We receive a request from trusted nonprofits, then prepare items we have and ask our supporters for items we need. Volunteers process, revitalize, and assemble the donated items. Then, donations are shipped to our trusted partners to distribute to those in crisis.
Mission statement
Bringing the hearts and hands of God's people together to transform resources into humanitarian relief.
Statement of faith
Loving God
We love God because we have discovered that He first loved us. Because God has proven His love for us many times, our heart's desire is for the whole world to know Him as we do.
Loving His People
We believe God's love leads us to love each other. As believers, we are all part of one fellowship - His family.
Loving His World
We will show God's love for all people by sharing the hope that is found only in Jesus Christ.
Donor confidence score
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Transparency grade
D
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Relief and Development
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 438 of 1412 | 31 of 114 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 341 of 1412 | 30 of 114 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 219 of 1412 | 16 of 114 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 1133 of 1413 | 79 of 114 |
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Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 6% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 5% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 98% | 98% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 100% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 5% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 86% | 94% | 96% | 97% | 96% | 98% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 99% | 89% | 117% | 99% | 96% | 83% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 83% | 83% | 113% | 96% | 92% | 81% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 1% | 11% | -17% | 1% | 4% | 17% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 6% | 13% | -19% | 1% | 4% | 33% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 7% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.50 | 1.04 | 1.23 | 1.14 | 0.89 | 1.56 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.16 | 1.88 | 1.93 | 1.62 | 1.60 | 1.58 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.06 | 1.95 | 2.39 | 1.84 | 1.43 | 2.46 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 11.75 | 25.53 | 37.50 | 41.25 | 200.76 | 254.44 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 4.90 | 5.92 | 4.90 | 6.37 | 8.35 | 4.87 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 8% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 54% | 94% | 80% | 87% | 111% | 64% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Cash | $1,183,839 | $863,710 | $817,244 | $630,127 | $448,716 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $2,764,507 | $2,378,717 | $3,701,118 | $4,001,703 | $3,967,354 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $3,948,346 | $3,242,427 | $4,518,362 | $4,631,830 | $4,416,070 |
| Long-term investments | $1,596,336 | $1,148,974 | $1,037,676 | $1,133,342 | $955,107 |
| Fixed assets | $1,870,855 | $1,873,184 | $1,756,565 | $1,661,284 | $1,594,474 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $3,467,191 | $3,022,158 | $2,794,241 | $2,794,626 | $2,549,581 |
| Total assets | $7,415,537 | $6,264,585 | $7,312,603 | $7,426,456 | $6,965,651 |
| Liabilities | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $154,637 | $86,467 | $109,539 | $23,072 | $17,356 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $154,637 | $86,467 | $109,539 | $23,072 | $17,356 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $63,989 | $49,389 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $63,989 | $49,389 |
| Total liabilities | $154,637 | $86,467 | $109,539 | $87,061 | $66,745 |
| Net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Without donor restrictions | $5,664,564 | $5,029,144 | $6,165,388 | $6,206,053 | $5,943,799 |
| With donor restrictions | $1,596,336 | $1,148,974 | $1,037,676 | $1,133,342 | $955,107 |
| Net assets | $7,260,900 | $6,178,118 | $7,203,064 | $7,339,395 | $6,898,906 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Total contributions | $8,481,913 | $6,526,851 | $8,319,395 | $6,863,963 | $13,060,471 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $183,804 | $64,412 | $48,247 | $61,132 | $40,819 |
| Other revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total other revenue | $183,804 | $64,412 | $48,247 | $61,132 | $40,819 |
| Total revenue | $8,665,717 | $6,591,263 | $8,367,642 | $6,925,095 | $13,101,290 |
| Expenses | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Program services | $7,218,268 | $7,416,500 | $8,021,874 | $6,366,373 | $10,666,815 |
| Management and general | $258,207 | $186,054 | $163,148 | $153,287 | $106,516 |
| Fundraising | $216,991 | $133,878 | $117,565 | $104,737 | $72,179 |
| Total expenses | $7,693,466 | $7,736,432 | $8,302,587 | $6,624,397 | $10,845,510 |
| Change in net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $972,251 | ($1,145,169) | $65,055 | $300,698 | $2,255,780 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $972,251 | ($1,145,169) | $65,055 | $300,698 | $2,255,780 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Chantel Corrie | Executive Director | $70,021 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2024
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History
What started as a dream in Jack Travelstead's heart became a reality after he had made several mission trips to Haiti. After Illinois experienced many floods, in 1993, he saw the great need and responded to what God put in his heart on how to help those in need. He had visited UMCOR Sager-Brown in Baldwin, LA and sought to pattern a disaster response location after the UMCOR location in the heart of the Midwest.
Jack was a district superintendent with the United Methodist Church that was asked by Governor Jim Edgar to help respond to The Great Flood of 1993. The United Methodist Churches along the Mississippi River that were close but not affected were called upon to respond. But there was not a central disaster location to organize any type of response. That was the official start of the cultivation of Jack's dream. Good things sometimes require bad things to happen first, as we see from stories in the Bible.
So, Jack went to work on raising funds after the Illinois Great Rivers Conference of the United Methodist Church voted at the June 1999 annual conference to allow him to proceed with forming a non-profit to respond to disasters (natural and man-made) as long as there was not any indebtedness. There was a grant of $100,000 from the IGRC that had been raised for Project Schoolroom which was voted to be granted to this project. Also, a grant from UMCOR of $50,000 helped establish the location that Midwest Mission now sets on.
Jack had remarked multiple times that we are keeping the dream alive that started in his heart and felt that it was all part of God's divine plan. God is always working for the good of His people and for the good of the world. And Jack loved seeing the fruits of his dream happening in his lifetime at Midwest Mission helping those all around the world and even around the corner.
And it continues today, over 25 years later.