Indiana · Nonprofit
DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES OF GOSHEN INC
DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES OF GOSHEN INC (Indiana) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $178,020 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC ($145,800). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $844k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $178k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Downtown Ministries of Goshen Inc does
Mission
The purpose of the corporation is to provide needed ministry to surrounding communities, to engage in education and training to empower individuals, families, and communities to plan their journey and follow their path to holistic transformation and progressive fulfillment of their god-given potential and to provide community education, support groups, programs, and outreach programs
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Downtown Ministries launched a car ministry to make repairs, maintain, and have affordable car available for families who struggle to get to work or school.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The Downtown Ministries Transitional Housing Program for Women provides stable housing and supportive services to help women with children achieve self-sufficiency. During the 2025-2026 program year, the program served multiple households in Elkhart County. The following case example illustrates the program's impact. In summer 2025, Downtown Ministries placed a single mother and her toddler in the Clinton Street Home. At program entry, the participant was unemployed, lacked reliable transportation, had a suspended driver's license, did not have childcare, and had no savings plan. She also had limited community support systems. The participant enrolled in the program's 12-month transitional housing model and actively engaged in required classes, mentoring, and case management. Within seven months, she demonstrated significant progress toward stability for herself and her child. Outcomes achieved during this period include: Completion of workforce development and financial education courses offered through Downtown Ministries Securing full-time employment with a local employer Establishing consistent, reliable childcare for her toddler Reinstatement of her driver's license and…
$80,187 spent$28,031 earned by the program59% of program spendingEmployment Program. Jobs for Life is a 10 week workforce development program that provides job readiness, life skills, and character development to support sustainable employment. During the reporting year, a participant completed the program, obtained employment, and subsequently advanced into a supervisory role, demonstrating increased job stability and career progression. Financial Education Program. Faith and Finances is a 10 week financial education program that helps participants develop budgeting, saving, and money management skills. One participant reduced discretionary spending, established an emergency savings fund for the first time, and demonstrated improved financial stability. Trauma Recovery Program. This 10 week trauma focused program uses guided discussion to help participants identify unhealthy thought patterns and cycles resulting from past experiences. Participants work toward emotional healing and healthier relationships. During the year, one participant reported significant personal growth after addressing unresolved family trauma, contributing to long term emotional restoration. Addiction Recovery Program. Ready Now Recovery, offered in partnership with…
$45,021 spent33% of program spendingDriveWise is a transportation assistance program that helps individuals overcome barriers to employment and stability by providing access to safe, reliable vehicles and basic vehicle education. Through the program, participants receive necessary vehicle repairs and maintenance, with labor provided at no cost and participants responsible only for parts. During the reporting year, a participant received a low cost vehicle through DriveWise. With support from donated resources and volunteer mechanics, the vehicle was repaired and made roadworthy, enabling the participant to obtain dependable transportation appropriate for her needs.
$11,324 spent$6,600 earned by the program8% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $136,532.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $962k to $1.5M (+53%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
94% of DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES OF GOSHEN INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
James Dreier
Executive Director
Board chair
Jeremy Gwaltney
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $0 → $20k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES OF GOSHEN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 5 of 6 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES OF GOSHEN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES OF GOSHEN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
89% of DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES OF GOSHEN INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $20k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Indiana funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $158k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES OF GOSHEN INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
44% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES OF GOSHEN INC?
- DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES OF GOSHEN INC (Indiana) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $178,020 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC ($145,800). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES OF GOSHEN INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $178,020 in grants to DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES OF GOSHEN INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES OF GOSHEN INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $145,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES OF GOSHEN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing