CityGate Network / Association of Gospel Rescue Missions 
The information on this page was last updated 4/13/2023. If you see errors or omissions, please email: [email protected]
Summary
Originating in 1906, Citygate Network is North America's oldest and largest community of independent, faith-based crisis shelters and life-transformation centers. In most major cities, a member of Citygate Network is the most comprehensive homeless services provider, and in some cities, it is the only homeless services provider.
Contact information
Mailing address:
CityGate Network
2153 Chuckwagon Rd.
Ste. 100
Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Website: citygatenetwork.org
Phone: (719) 266-8300
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 550479715
CEO/President: Mr. John Ashmen
Chairman: Anna Valeria-Iseman
Board size: 15
Founder: Jerry McAuley
Ruling year: 1958
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 1982
Purpose
Citygate Network will become the widely recognized primary gathering place for gospel-centered life-transformation ministries throughout North America, providing the inspiration and services that will stimulate effective collaboration without compromise and uphold personal development within community as the clear and compelling pathway out of recurring crisis.
Mission statement
Citygate Network exists to provide the vision, education, training, resources, guidance, representation, and nexus for missions and kindred ministries that are moving people in destitute conditions or desperate situations from human suffering to human flourishing through the process of gospel-powered life transformation.
Statement of faith
The Citygate Network bylaws state that subscription and adherence to the following statement of faith is a prerequisite for membership:
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, ultimately authoritative Word of God.
We believe there is one God, eternally existing as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is Deity, that He was born of a virgin, that we are redeemed by His atoning death through His shed blood, that He bodily resurrected and ascended into heaven, and that He will come again in power and great glory.
We believe that individuals are saved through a direct, personal encounter with the risen Lord, at which time they are regenerated by the Holy Spirit.
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whom Christ indwells each believer, enabling him or her to live a godly life of obedience as he or she reaches for maturity.
We believe the Holy Spirit unites all true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that together they form one body, the church.
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Transparency grade
A
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Rescue Missions/Homeless Shelters
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 186 of 1118 | 29 of 141 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 472 of 1119 | 60 of 141 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 206 of 1119 | 32 of 141 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 326 of 1118 | 38 of 141 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 12% | 8% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 13% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 10% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 93% | 18% | 34% | 27% | 34% | 12% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 11% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 7% | 82% | 66% | 73% | 66% | 88% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 78% | 84% | 81% | 81% | 78% | 81% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 93% | 107% | 77% | 83% | 98% | 106% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 73% | 90% | 62% | 67% | 76% | 86% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 7% | -7% | 23% | 17% | 2% | -6% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 5% | -8% | 25% | 21% | 2% | -8% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 9% | 15% | 18% | 17% | 20% | 17% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.53 | 0.89 | 0.68 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 1.04 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 2.85 | 1.59 | 1.56 | 1.91 | 2.31 | 2.49 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.74 | 1.42 | 1.06 | 1.43 | 1.73 | 2.59 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 11.95 | 2.83 | 3.06 | 2.25 | 1.59 | 1.52 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.08 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.44 | 0.63 | 0.66 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 6.06 | 5.48 | 7.60 | 4.66 | 2.58 | 1.59 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 9% | 22% | 21% | 23% | 27% | 26% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 154% | 88% | 116% | 102% | 97% | 71% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Cash | $1,484,320 | $1,569,504 | $1,126,205 | $773,949 | $661,285 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $326,802 | $390,762 | $105,081 | $76,855 | $101,724 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $1,811,122 | $1,960,266 | $1,231,286 | $850,804 | $763,009 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $1,072,541 | $1,096,433 | $1,121,026 | $1,115,107 | $1,138,879 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $1,072,541 | $1,096,433 | $1,121,026 | $1,115,107 | $1,138,879 |
| Total assets | $2,883,663 | $3,056,699 | $2,352,312 | $1,965,911 | $1,901,888 |
| Liabilities | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $48,124 | $75,169 | $53,592 | $38,124 | $36,331 |
| Other current liabilities | $591,192 | $564,502 | $494,161 | $495,718 | $465,378 |
| Total current liabilities | $639,316 | $639,671 | $547,753 | $533,842 | $501,709 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $686 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $686 | $0 |
| Total liabilities | $639,316 | $639,671 | $547,753 | $534,528 | $501,709 |
| Net assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Without donor restrictions | $1,900,165 | $2,053,658 | $1,773,310 | $1,413,273 | $1,354,158 |
| With donor restrictions | $344,182 | $363,370 | $31,249 | $18,110 | $46,021 |
| Net assets | $2,244,347 | $2,417,028 | $1,804,559 | $1,431,383 | $1,400,179 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Total contributions | $426,337 | $911,131 | $578,681 | $512,794 | $220,427 |
| Program service revenue | $1,836,042 | $1,680,609 | $1,474,123 | $924,904 | $1,571,843 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $33,070 | $7,251 | $993 | $1,483 | $7,736 |
| Other revenue | $96,128 | $99,800 | $80,157 | $63,748 | $60,127 |
| Total other revenue | $1,965,240 | $1,787,660 | $1,555,273 | $990,135 | $1,639,706 |
| Total revenue | $2,391,577 | $2,698,791 | $2,133,954 | $1,502,929 | $1,860,133 |
| Expenses | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Program services | $2,153,187 | $1,685,871 | $1,428,520 | $1,149,076 | $1,607,494 |
| Management and general | $375,554 | $366,951 | $304,452 | $295,145 | $336,747 |
| Fundraising | $35,517 | $33,500 | $27,806 | $27,504 | $28,864 |
| Total expenses | $2,564,258 | $2,086,322 | $1,760,778 | $1,471,725 | $1,973,105 |
| Change in net assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Surplus (deficit) | ($172,681) | $612,469 | $373,176 | $31,204 | ($112,972) |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | ($172,681) | $612,469 | $373,176 | $31,204 | ($112,972) |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| John Ashmen | Past President | $234,674 |
| Tom De Vries | President | $115,057 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2023
Response from ministry
No response has been provided by this ministry.
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History
Citygate Network has been around almost as long as North America's missions themselves. A precursory organization called the National Federation of Gospel Missions (NFGM) came into existence in 1906 to bring accountability to the growing number of city missions that were springing up in the Mid-Atlantic states.
After The Salvation Army left the NFGM, papers were drawn up and a more formal and stable organization called the International Union of Gospel Missions (IUGM) incorporated in 1913 in the state of New York. In 2000, the IUGM became the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions (AGRM).
In 2018, to align with the philosophical changes that had taken place within the organization over the past decade, the AGRM rebranded and started doing business as Citygate Network.
From AGRM to Citygate Network: The Process
As of August 1, 2018, the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions began doing business as Citygate Network, with an emphasis on gospel-powered life transformation. This refocusing and rebranding initiative unfolded over the better part of a year, with numerous meetings with think-tank groups, focus groups, a Blue Ribbon Panel, the staff, and the board. In the end, members and stakeholders widely embraced the changes, leading some nonprofit leaders to point to the Citygate Network rebranding process as the model to follow when rolling out an organizational makeover.
View a timeline at: https://www.citygatenetwork.org/agrm/Historical_Timeline1.asp
Program accomplishments
Citygate Network has some 300 members across North America. Each year, Citygate Network members serve approximately 66 million meals, provide more than 20 million nights of shelter and housing, assist some 45,000 people in finding employment, provide clothing to more than 750,000 people, and graduate nearly 17,000 homeless men and women from addiction recovery programs into productive living. The ramification of their work positively influences surrounding communities in countless ways.