Tennessee Valley Outreach 
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Summary
Tennessee Valley Outreach is a Christian nonprofit relief organization with our main office located in Decatur, Alabama. TVO exists to provide temporary living accommodations that are safe and clean. We also provide wholesome food as well as spiritual sustenance for men, women, and children throughout the entire Tennessee Valley area.
Tennessee Valley Outreach serves as a preparation tool for people desiring to re-enter society. This is accomplished by offering a supportive environment that encourages spiritual growth, education, independence, discipline and personal responsibility.
Tennessee Valley Outreach is dedicated to Showing and Sharing the love of Jesus Christ in a tangible fashion. This is done by providing shelter, food, clothing, life skills training, and education in the Christian faith in order to help provide relief to any crisis which may occur in a persons life. Our staff members are trained to recognize or assess a need, generate courses of actions, then implement those courses of action in order to resolve the crisis. Through the generosity of committed partners, Tennessee Valley Outreach delivers much needed necessities and services to men, women, and children each and every day.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Tennessee Valley Outreach
PO Box 764
Decatur, AL 35602
Website: tennesseevalleyoutreach.org
Phone: 256-350-5226
Email: tennvalleyoutreach@att.net
Organization details
EIN: 630803025
CEO/President: Matt Richards
Chairman: Wade Weaver
Board size: 8
Founder:
Ruling year: 1981
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: No
Member of ECFA since:
Purpose
Our Goal is to offer assistance to those who are homeless, hungry, hurting and hopeless by coming to their aid and providing for each persons unique individual needs.
Mission statement
Reaching Out to the Homeless, the Hungry, the Hurting, and the Hopeless throughout all of Northern Alabama and Southern Tennessee with the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Statement of faith
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
(2nd Timothy 3:15-17)
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
(Matthew 28:19; Ephesians 4:4-6.)
We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
(John 1:1-4; Matthew 1:23; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 & 4:15; Acts 1:11 & 2:22-24; 1st Corinthians 15:3-4)
We believe that, for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit and that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation.
(Titus 3:4-7; Luke 24:46-47; Ephesians 2:8-9; John 14:6; Acts 4:12)
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life. (Galatians 5:16-18; Romans 8:9)
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment.
(Revelation 20:11-15; 1st Corinthians 15:51-57)
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the Church.
(Ephesians 1:22-23; 1st Corinthians 12:12, 27)
We believe that the ministry of evangelism is a responsibility of both the church and every individual Christian. (Romans 10:9-15; Acts 1:8; Matthew 28:18-20; 1st Peter 3:15)
Donor confidence score
Transparency grade
D
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Rescue Missions/Homeless Shelters
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 36 of 1022 | 5 of 160 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 336 of 1024 | 48 of 160 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 37 of 1024 | 6 of 160 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 5 of 1022 | 1 of 160 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 10% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 4% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 8% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 2% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 91% | 55% | 57% | 62% | 59% | 59% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 10% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 9% | 45% | 43% | 38% | 41% | 41% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 79% | 92% | 92% | 92% | 91% | 92% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 89% | 102% | 104% | 107% | 100% | 99% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 70% | 94% | 96% | 98% | 91% | 91% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 11% | -2% | -4% | -7% | 0% | 1% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 8% | -20% | -42% | -54% | 1% | 4% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 9% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.55 | 6.32 | 6.19 | 5.16 | 4.42 | 4.29 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 3.27 | 4.85 | 5.20 | 2.75 | 3.27 | 3.12 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.85 | 30.68 | 32.21 | 14.17 | 14.44 | 13.42 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 12.95 | 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.96 | 3.09 | 2.19 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.07 | 2.20 | 2.11 | 1.04 | 0.32 | 0.46 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 5.53 | -0.47 | -0.42 | -0.04 | 0.56 | 0.49 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 10% | 45% | 41% | 38% | 10% | 15% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 150% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 20% | 20% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Cash | $10,153 | $10,554 | $31,945 | $28,026 | $29,540 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $3,089 | $3,089 | $3,089 | $3,089 | $4,404 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $13,242 | $13,643 | $35,034 | $31,115 | $33,944 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $51,016 | $57,339 | $61,218 | $70,612 | $72,127 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $51,016 | $57,339 | $61,218 | $70,612 | $72,127 |
| Total assets | $64,258 | $70,982 | $96,252 | $101,727 | $106,071 |
| Liabilities | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $14,069 | $12,849 | $16,590 | $10,058 | $15,467 |
| Other current liabilities | $15,000 | $16,000 | $20,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $29,069 | $28,849 | $36,590 | $10,058 | $15,467 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total liabilities | $29,069 | $28,849 | $36,590 | $10,058 | $15,467 |
| Net assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Without donor restrictions | $34,189 | $41,133 | $58,662 | $90,669 | $89,604 |
| With donor restrictions | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| Net assets | $35,189 | $42,133 | $59,662 | $91,669 | $90,604 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Total contributions | $217,677 | $241,736 | $289,311 | $263,645 | $269,726 |
| Program service revenue | $172,928 | $173,440 | $167,147 | $173,971 | $177,289 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $0 | ($437) | ($1,210) | $0 | $3,068 |
| Other revenue | $8,771 | $7,166 | $9,304 | $12,726 | $9,099 |
| Total other revenue | $181,699 | $180,169 | $175,241 | $186,697 | $189,456 |
| Total revenue | $399,376 | $421,905 | $464,552 | $450,342 | $459,182 |
| Expenses | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Program services | $373,683 | $403,351 | $456,946 | $410,053 | $416,910 |
| Management and general | $21,334 | $21,136 | $22,964 | $25,494 | $27,397 |
| Fundraising | $11,303 | $14,947 | $16,649 | $13,730 | $11,209 |
| Total expenses | $406,320 | $439,434 | $496,559 | $449,277 | $455,516 |
| Change in net assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Surplus (deficit) | ($6,944) | ($17,529) | ($32,007) | $1,065 | $3,666 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | ($6,944) | ($17,529) | ($32,007) | $1,065 | $3,666 |
Compensation
Compensation data for this ministry has not been collected.
Response from ministry
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The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 1/31/2022. To update the information below, please email: info@ministrywatch.com