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GAP MINISTRIES
TUCSON, AZ · EIN 860999503 · Form 990 · FY2021 · NTEE P730 · Human Services · Large ($10M-$50M) · www.gapmin.com
revenue
$11.9M
expenses
$11.0M
net assets
$3.5M
employees
161
volunteers
1,000
program ratio
88%
mission · from form 990

PROVIDE SHELTER, MEALS, AND COUNSELING TO DISPLACED YOUTH, AND DISTRIBUTE FOOD AND MATERIALS TO NONPROFITS. STANDING IN THE GAP FOR THOSE IN NEED. BRINGING HELP TO CHILDREN, HEALING TO FAMILIES, HOPE TO THE COMMUNITY.

profile · synthesized from sources

GAP Ministries is an Arizona-based nonprofit that supports vulnerable children and families through various programs. They provide foster care licensing and support, distribute food to those in need, offer career and culinary training for the unemployed, and operate social enterprises to fund their mission. The organization primarily serves Southern Arizona.

irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2021

what they reported doing

Program narrative the organization filed with the IRS. Ordered by program spending.

  1. #1 primary $3.11M
    Community - GAPs Community programs include our Community Impact Warehouse, our Career Life Management Training programs, and the GAP Kitchen. TheCommunity Warehouse redistributes fresh food and basic needs items to over 5,000 familiesweekly. Millions of dollars worth of food and basic needs items are given to families in need every year GAPs Career Training Programs Culinary, Warehouse, Retail provide on the job training to at-risk adults. GAP Kitchen provides warm, nutritious meals for approximately 1,000 food insecure children and the elderly each week.
  2. #2 $1.06M
    Family - Foster Care Licensing and Support GAP certifies foster parents in order to provide a safe environment for children removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect. We also supervise court-mandated visitations between children and their families, with the desire that children and parents establish a healthy relationship while working toward reunification whenever possible. In addition, we provide resources and training for families on the brink of removal due to overwhelming life circumstances, poverty, addiction, and generational cycles of abuse and neglect. Many biological parents with children in the system were abused and neglected as children, and never learned the skills they need to be nurturing parents. Though reunification is not always possible, we work with parents who are motivated to break cycles of abuse and neglect.
named programs · 10 · from sources

what they call their work

05 Market & 12 Market
Discount grocery stores providing free and reduced-cost groceries and essential items to struggling families; accepts EBT and reinvests proceeds into feeding programs
05 Market / 12 Market
Discount grocery stores providing free and greatly reduced groceries and high-needs items to families struggling with food insecurity.
Adoption & Foster Care
Licenses and supports foster caregivers and adoptive families in Southern Arizona, providing training, 24/7 support, monthly groups, and resources for children removed from unsafe environments
Career Plus
Free program that helps underemployed and unemployed men and women build job skills, receive mentoring, and gain tools for long-term success.
Career Plus Program
Free job training program for unemployed and underemployed adults, including culinary training through GAP Kitchen and retail training through Treasures & More
Culinary Training Program
Free hands-on training for at-risk individuals to gain job skills in the culinary industry, led by Tucson Iron Chef Champion John Hohn
Foster Parent College
A free five-week online course that educates families about the foster care system and prepares them for parenting children who have experienced abuse and neglect.
GAP Kitchen
Catering service that reclaims donated food to prepare thousands of meals weekly for foster children, low-income students, homebound seniors, and families in crisis
GAP Kitchen Catering
Catering services for events of any size and budget, with all proceeds supporting the GAP Kitchen's mission.
Treasures & More
Resale store selling donated household items, furniture, and clothing; supports GAP Ministries and provides retail job training as part of Career Plus
activities · 10 groups

what they do

  • Basic Needs Provision for Youth and Families 5 activities
    • Community Warehouse Operations
      Operates a 20,000 square foot Community Warehouse that distributes over $6 million worth of food and basic needs products annually to low-income families in Pima County, relying on volunteers for sorting and organization.
    • Food Distribution Program
      Operates the 05 Market, which provides free and deeply discounted groceries and essential items to low-income families, and distributes thousands of meals per week using reclaimed perishable food for foster children, students in low-income schools, daycare children, and homebound seniors.
    • Food and Essential Goods Distribution
      Operates the 05 Market and a Community Warehouse, distributing free and deeply discounted groceries, including produce, bread, snacks, meats, cheeses, and fresh flowers, along with other essential items to low-income families in Southern Arizona. This includes preparing and distributing thousands of meals weekly to foster children, students, daycare children, and homebound seniors.
    • Food and Essential Goods Distribution
      Operates a combined free food distribution and discounted grocery shopping program, including the 05 Market and a 20,000 sq ft Community Warehouse, distributing over $6 million worth of food and basic needs products annually to low-income families in Pima County. This includes free food items like produce, bread, snacks, meats, cheeses, and fresh flowers, and also provides diapers and other essential family needs to foster families.
    • Food and Essential Goods Distribution
      Operates a combined free food distribution and discounted grocery shopping program, including the 05 Market and a 20,000 sq ft Community Warehouse, distributing over $6 million worth of food and basic needs products annually to low-income families in Pima County. This includes free food items like produce, bread, snacks, meats, cheeses, and fresh flowers, and essential family needs like diapers to foster families.
  • Foster and Kinship Family Support Services 4 activities
    • Foster Care Support Services
      Provides comprehensive support to foster families, including 24/7 assistance, home visits, and participation in court and IEP meetings, as well as hosting quarterly events and support groups for foster parents.
    • Foster Care and Family Support
      Operates foster care programs, including group homes and SPLASH homes, providing care for foster children with histories of trauma. Supports foster families through quarterly events, essential item distribution, monthly support groups, home visits, 24/7 assistance, and representation at meetings to prevent placement disruptions.
    • Foster Care and Family Support
      Provides direct care for foster children in family-style group homes and SPLASH homes, offering safe housing and developmental support. The organization also supports foster families through quarterly events, essential supplies, monthly support groups, home visits, 24/7 assistance, and representation at meetings to prevent placement disruptions.
    • Foster Family Support and Care
      Provides comprehensive support to foster families, including quarterly events, essential supplies like diapers, monthly support groups, 24/7 assistance, home visits, and advocacy at official meetings. The organization has also operated group homes for children with trauma and provided care for thousands of foster children over 25 years.
  • Foster Parent Pre-Service Training 4 activities
    • Foster Parent College Training
      Offers a free five-week Foster Parent College training program, providing approximately 30 hours of virtual and online instruction, with ongoing access to training resources for foster parents.
    • Foster Parent College Training
      Offers a free five-week Foster Parent College training program, consisting of approximately 30 hours of virtual and online instruction, with ongoing access to training resources.
    • Foster Parent College Training
      Offers a free five-week Foster Parent College training program, consisting of approximately 30 hours of virtual and online instruction, with ongoing access to training resources for foster parents.
    • Foster Parent Training
      Offers a free five-week Foster Parent College training program, consisting of approximately 30 hours of virtual and online instruction, with ongoing access to training resources.
  • Culinary Job Training & Workforce Development 3 activities
    • Culinary Training Program
      Runs a free Culinary Training Program within GAP Kitchen, providing job skills and certifications to individuals seeking a second chance. Participants gain hands-on experience and mentorship while contributing to community meal preparation, with proceeds from catering services funding the program and community meal distribution.
    • Culinary Training Program
      Runs a free Culinary Training Program within GAP Kitchen that provides job skills and certifications to individuals seeking a second chance, while also preparing meals for community distribution.
    • Culinary Training and Meal Preparation
      Operates the GAP Kitchen, a catering service that funds and prepares thousands of meals weekly for foster children, students in low-income schools, daycare children, and homebound seniors. The kitchen also runs a free Culinary Training Program, providing job skills, certifications, and hands-on experience to individuals, including those seeking a second chance.
  • Facility and Donation Support Operations 3 activities
    • Volunteer Engagement
      Engages volunteer groups of 6 to 50 people in activities such as landscaping, repairs on foster homes, warehouse organization, and food preparation. Relies on individual volunteers for ongoing roles in the kitchen and at the Treasures & More Resale Store.
    • Volunteer Engagement
      Engages volunteer groups of 6 to 50 people in activities such as landscaping and repairs on foster homes, warehouse organization, and food preparation. Individual volunteers also sort, organize, price, and display items in the Community Warehouse and assist in the kitchen and at the Treasures & More Resale Store.
    • Volunteer Engagement
      Engages both individual and group volunteers in various activities, including landscaping and repairs on foster homes, warehouse organization, food preparation, and sorting/pricing items in the Community Warehouse and Treasures & More Resale Store.
  • Long-Term Aftercare and Reintegration Support 1 activity
    • Behavioral Transformation Program
      Operates a long-term behavioral transformation program based on 18 months of sustained engagement.
  • Youth & Young Adult Recovery Support Groups 1 activity
    • Behavioral Transformation Program
      Operates a long-term behavioral transformation program based on 18 months of sustained engagement to support individuals in need.
  • Job Readiness Training 1 activity
    • Career Plus Program
      Offers a free Career Plus program that provides job skills training, mentoring, and tools for long-term employment success to unemployed and underemployed individuals.
  • Shared Commercial Kitchen Services 1 activity
    • Catering and Corporate Events
      Provides catering services for events including weddings and fundraisers, and hosts corporate team-building events such as salsa and guacamole competitions, Iron Chef–style challenges, and pasta-making classes.
  • Uncategorized 11 activities
    • Catering Services and Culinary Events
      Operates GAP Kitchen, a catering service that funds community meal distribution and the Culinary Training Program. They provide catering for various events, including weddings and fundraisers, and host corporate team-building events like cooking competitions.
    • Community Meal Preparation and Distribution
      Operates GAP Kitchen, a catering service that prepares and distributes thousands of meals weekly using reclaimed perishable food for foster children, students in low-income schools, daycare children, and homebound seniors in Southern Arizona.
    • Culinary Services and Training Funding
      Operates GAP Kitchen, a catering service that funds thousands of meals weekly for the community and supports the Culinary Training Program. Provides catering services for events and hosts corporate team-building events.
    • Food and Essential Goods Distribution
      Operates a combined free food distribution and discounted grocery shopping program (05 Market) and a 20,000 square foot Community Warehouse, distributing over $6 million worth of food and basic needs products annually to low-income families in Pima County. Prepares and distributes thousands of meals weekly to foster children, students in low-income schools, daycare children, and homebound seniors.
    • Group Home Services
      Operated a group home in their personal residence, providing care for up to 8 children with histories of significant trauma, and has provided care for 1,400 children and teens over 25 years in two family-style group homes.
    • Retail Management Training Program
      Operates an 8-week free Retail Management training program providing on-the-job experience at Treasures & More resale store, along with job placement assistance and retail job training for participants.
    • Retail Management Training Program
      Offers an 8-week free Retail Management training program through Treasures & More resale store, providing 300 hours of real-time retail experience, covering point of sale systems, customer service, sales, and merchandise processing. Participants can earn NRF certifications and receive job placement assistance.
    • Workforce Development and Career Training
      Provides a free Career Plus program that offers job skills training, mentoring, and tools for long-term employment success to unemployed and underemployed individuals, including those affected by poverty and incarceration. This program includes an 8-week career training program with classroom and practical training in culinary, warehouse, or retail tracks.
    • Workforce Development and Job Training
      Offers a free Career Plus program that provides job skills training, mentoring, and tools for long-term employment success to unemployed and underemployed individuals, including those affected by poverty and incarceration. This includes an 8-week career training program with classroom teaching and hands-on practical training in culinary, warehouse, or retail tracks, providing NRF certifications and job placement assistance.
    • Workforce Development and Job Training
      Offers free career training programs, including an 8-week Retail Management program with on-the-job experience at Treasures & More, a Culinary Training Program within GAP Kitchen, and a broader Career Plus program providing job skills, mentoring, and certifications (NRF in Retail, Customer Service, Sales) for unemployed and underemployed individuals, including those affected by poverty and incarceration.
    • Workforce Development and Training
      Offers a free 8-week Career Plus program with classroom teaching and hands-on practical training in culinary, warehouse, or retail tracks, including an 8-week free Retail Management training program. Provides NRF certifications and job placement assistance to graduates, targeting unemployed and underemployed individuals, including those affected by poverty and incarceration.
financials · form 990 · fy2021
revenue
Total revenue$11.89M
Contributions & grants$10.98M92%
Program service revenue$194K2%
Investment income$527K4%
Other revenue$189K
expenses
Total expenses$11.02M
Program expenses88%
Admin / overhead9%
Fundraising3%
Salaries & benefits$3.96M
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$9.70M
Cash$239K
Investments$0
Liabilities$6.15M
Net assets$3.54M
Liquid reserves0.3 mo
3 years on record · 2019–2021 · YoY revenue +21.0%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2021

who runs it

paid leadership · 5
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
GREG AYERS PRESIDENT CEO 60 $100K
PAM AYERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 60 $100K
JASON AYERS DIRECTOR 40 $69K
JIM LOVELACE CFO 40 $48K
JENNIFER MCPHERON DIRECTOR 40 $41K
board members · 6
  • DAVID CORDOVA — DIRECTOR
  • DEMETRIUS MILES — DIRECTOR
  • LUCINDA CORDOVA — DIRECTOR
  • MATTHEW MCPHERON — DIRECTOR
  • PEGGY DOHNER — DIRECTOR
  • SCOTT DOHNER — DIRECTOR
relationships · 62

who they work with

  • Agape Christian Fellowship Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Arizona Department of Child Safety Government — Collaborates with GAP Ministries on background checks and foster care licensing processes.
  • Arizona Office of Licensing and Regulation Government — Partners with GAP Ministries to license foster families and facilitate training for medically complex care.
  • Ascension Lutheran Church Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Bethel Dominion Rock of all Nations Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Bisbee Breakfast Club Partner — Employer where Career Plus graduates have obtained jobs in culinary arts.
  • Casas Church Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Centro Familiar Getsemani Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Charro Restaurants Partner — Employer where Career Plus graduates have obtained jobs in culinary arts.
  • Church of Christ a New Beginning Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Churches Partner — Churches participate as volunteer groups in service activities such as foster home maintenance and warehouse operations.
  • Connections Vineyard Church Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Emmanuel Tabernacle Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Enchanted Hils Baptist Church Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • First Interstate Bancsystem Foundation, Inc. Partner — 2024 financial supporter of GAP Ministries.
  • Flowing Wells Assembly of God Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Fountain of Life Lutheran Church Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Grace Community Church Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Grace Kingdom Church of God Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Gracepointe Evangelical Free Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Greater South Park Church of God in Christ Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • His Presence Church Arizona Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Iglesia Central Adventista Hispana de Tucson Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Iglesia Ebenezer Elohim Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Iglesia Jesucristo Rey De Reyes Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Iglesia de Cristo en Tucson Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Jericho of Hope Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Jezreel Ministerio Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • La Iglesia en el Camino Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
  • Living Grace Ekklesia Partner — Church partner supporting GAP Ministries' programs in 2024.
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