Grace House Ministries 
The information on this page was last updated 10/13/2026. If you see errors or omissions, please email: [email protected]
Summary
Giving hope to girls in foster care
Contact information
Mailing address:
Grace House Ministries
P.O. Box 547
Fairfield, AL 35064
Website: www.grace-house.org
Phone: 205.786.4663
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 570903169
CEO/President: Pamela Reed Phipps
Chairman: Carter McLean
Board size: 24
Founder: Mama Lois Coleman
Ruling year: 1990
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: No
Member of ECFA since:
Purpose
By equipping girls in foster care with the educational, emotional and spiritual tools they need to break generational cycles of poverty and abuse, we empower them to create transformational change in their own lives, families and communities.
Mission statement
Grace House Ministries provides stable, Christian homes to Alabama girls in foster care with the commitment to developing mature, godly women.
Statement of faith
Donor confidence score
Show donor confidence score details
To understand our donor confidence score, click here.
Transparency grade
D
To understand our transparency grade, click here.
Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Adoption/Foster Care
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 810 of 1590 | 35 of 61 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 601 of 1591 | 18 of 61 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 670 of 1591 | 38 of 61 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 1144 of 1590 | 43 of 61 |
To understand our financial efficiency ratings, click here.
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 10% | 7% | 8% | 19% | 17% | 17% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 5% | 5% | 6% | 11% | 10% | 8% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 66% | 78% | 77% | 56% | 57% | 51% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 6% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 11% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 34% | 22% | 23% | 44% | 43% | 49% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 81% | 81% | 80% | 80% | 80% | 80% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 97% | 50% | 54% | 94% | 90% | 78% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 74% | 40% | 43% | 75% | 72% | 62% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 3% | 50% | 46% | 6% | 10% | 22% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 2% | 38% | 50% | 7% | 10% | 22% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 12% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.75 | 0.38 | 0.56 | 1.01 | 0.95 | 0.68 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.76 | 1.51 | 1.63 | 5.18 | 3.56 | 3.89 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.60 | 0.57 | 0.91 | 5.24 | 3.39 | 2.65 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 13.40 | 25.38 | 95.70 | 18.35 | 9.97 | 26.24 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.04 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 6.75 | 20.20 | 13.07 | 2.16 | 3.19 | 4.35 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 9% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 15% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 13% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 110% | 258% | 172% | 94% | 102% | 125% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Cash | $2,338,190 | $925,375 | $370,082 | $438,801 | $392,233 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $2,471,469 | $1,862,217 | $68,586 | $74,851 | $86,528 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $4,809,659 | $2,787,592 | $438,668 | $513,652 | $478,761 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $2,432,647 | $1,715,282 | $1,796,105 | $1,282,412 | $1,353,103 |
| Other long-term assets | $39,139 | $39,139 | $37,338 | $33,683 | $29,929 |
| Total long-term assets | $2,471,786 | $1,754,421 | $1,833,443 | $1,316,095 | $1,383,032 |
| Total assets | $7,281,445 | $4,542,013 | $2,272,111 | $1,829,747 | $1,861,793 |
| Liabilities | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $189,512 | $29,128 | $23,900 | $51,500 | $18,246 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $189,512 | $29,128 | $23,900 | $51,500 | $18,246 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $249,419 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $149,717 | $85,697 | $0 | $3,588 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $149,717 | $85,697 | $0 | $253,007 |
| Total liabilities | $189,512 | $178,845 | $109,597 | $51,500 | $271,253 |
| Net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Without donor restrictions | $6,518,014 | $3,789,249 | $1,588,595 | $1,678,430 | $1,590,540 |
| With donor restrictions | $573,919 | $573,919 | $573,919 | $99,817 | $0 |
| Net assets | $7,091,933 | $4,363,168 | $2,162,514 | $1,778,247 | $1,590,540 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Total contributions | $4,294,069 | $3,623,331 | $1,357,473 | $1,089,343 | $833,221 |
| Program service revenue | $879,462 | $919,228 | $852,222 | $626,485 | $651,896 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $47,304 | $568 | $1,652 | $5,366 | $4,043 |
| Other revenue | $252,335 | $187,934 | $231,555 | $201,545 | $137,206 |
| Total other revenue | $1,179,101 | $1,107,730 | $1,085,429 | $833,396 | $793,145 |
| Total revenue | $5,473,170 | $4,731,061 | $2,442,902 | $1,922,739 | $1,626,366 |
| Expenses | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Program services | $2,212,418 | $2,022,827 | $1,838,143 | $1,388,902 | $1,016,435 |
| Management and general | $244,937 | $220,055 | $198,801 | $159,512 | $116,876 |
| Fundraising | $287,050 | $289,326 | $262,153 | $190,371 | $137,748 |
| Total expenses | $2,744,405 | $2,532,208 | $2,299,097 | $1,738,785 | $1,271,059 |
| Change in net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $2,728,765 | $2,198,853 | $143,805 | $183,954 | $355,307 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $2,728,765 | $2,198,853 | $143,805 | $183,954 | $355,307 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Phipps Pamela | Executive Director | $111,289 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2024
Response from ministry
No response has been provided by this ministry.
The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 10/13/2026. To update the information below, please email: [email protected]
History
For over 32 years, Grace House has faithfully fulfilled its mission to provide stable, Christian homes for Alabama girls in foster care on our residential campus in Fairfield, AL. Our founder, Lois Coleman-lovingly known as Mama Lois-planted the seeds of this vision with a heart full of faith and a commitment to developing mature, godly women.
Since 1992, more than 800 girls have found refuge, restoration and direction at Grace House. That's our heritage-and our future. Girls, God and Grace: the foundation on which we stand.
Today, Grace House continues to break generational cycles of poverty and abuse. We're not only shaping young lives for today-we're building women of strength, faith and purpose for tomorrow. Heritage plus vision: this is how Grace House leads forward.