Home of Grace 
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Summary
The Home of Grace, a nationally known addiction recovery program, has helped tens of thousands of individuals battle various types of addiction. In operation since 1965, we have used hands-on experience to build an addiction recovery program filled with success stories. Our two state-of-the-art campuses offer a comfortable and secluded home. The program consists of an orientation to the Christ-centered program followed by two distinct phases. Each phase builds upon the other and has specific focus, established goals, responsibilities, and requirements for successful completion. Emphasis is placed on spiritual disciplines necessary for a lasting recovery and is achieved through classroom work, individual and group counseling, work therapy, and community living. Our counselors are certified and trained to coordinate individual counseling services, provide instruction, and monitor a resident's progression through the program. Counselors will assist in the identification of destructive thinking patterns and emotional wounds that have contributed to the resident's addiction while applying Biblical solutions. Counseling sessions are individual-focused. Counseling is geared toward an action plan necessary for success after the program while stressing a deeper understanding of God and His purpose for their lives.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Home of Grace
PO Box 5009
Vancleave, MS 39565
Website: homeofgrace.org
Phone: 228-826-5283
Email: info@homeofgrace.org
Organization details
EIN: 646034485
CEO/President: Josh Barton
Chairman: Jess Dickinson
Board size: 15
Founder: Rev. Bill Barton Sr.
Ruling year: 1967
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 06/30
Member of ECFA: No
Member of ECFA since:
Purpose
Our vision is to be the leader in successful recovery by introducing Jesus Christ as the catalyst for hope, healing, and quality of life. The principle goal of the program is to lay crucial foundations in resident understanding of what is involved with Christian Recovery and having a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
Mission statement
Offering freedom from addiction through Christ-centered recovery since 1965.
Statement of faith
We hold the Bible to be the divinely inspired, infallible and authoritative Word of God.
We believe in one true God, existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, 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 imminent, personal return in power and glory.
We hold that man was created in the image of God, holy and innocent in his original form; that of his own choice, has sinned, and, as a result, brought death, corruption and divine condemnation upon all humanity. Man, by his own work or merit, is incapable of satisfying the judgment of God. Those who are not redeemed by Jesus Christ are eternally separated from God.
We hold that we are saved by grace through faith, apart from works, that the sinner who repents and personally accepts that finished work of Christ-and Christ alone-becomes a child of God, is made a new creature, and is indwelled by the Holy Spirit.
We believe God wonderfully and immutably created each person as either biologically male or female, and through His perfect design, has so instituted the sexual and intimate union of these two sexes exclusively and monogamously within the covenant of marriage.
Transparency grade
C
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Community Development
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 680 of 1010 | 48 of 73 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 783 of 1012 | 57 of 73 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 434 of 1012 | 33 of 73 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 575 of 1010 | 44 of 73 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 9% | 18% | 23% | 20% | 18% | 34% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 6% | 8% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 11% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 79% | 48% | 47% | 46% | 47% | 33% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 6% | 8% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 10% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 21% | 52% | 53% | 54% | 53% | 67% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 81% | 81% | 82% | 83% | 84% | 81% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 94% | 103% | 100% | 100% | 96% | 106% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 75% | 84% | 82% | 83% | 80% | 86% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 6% | -3% | 0% | 0% | 4% | -6% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 8% | -3% | 0% | 0% | 4% | -6% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 12% | 11% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.85 | 0.81 | 0.98 | 0.96 | 0.79 | 0.84 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.98 | 4.98 | 12.22 | 7.36 | 6.19 | 9.98 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.75 | 4.04 | 11.92 | 7.06 | 4.87 | 8.42 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 10.53 | 4.34 | 2.81 | 5.49 | 7.27 | 6.83 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.09 | 0.23 | 0.36 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.15 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 5.46 | 2.29 | 0.65 | 1.39 | 2.12 | 1.22 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 13% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 12% | 13% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 3% | 10% | 0% | 0% | 8% | 10% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 87% | 105% | 96% | 97% | 112% | 103% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Cash | $663,383 | $233,160 | $358,090 | $302,455 | $102,938 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $85,327 | $52,848 | $91,046 | $269,449 | $220,578 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $27,263 | $25,173 | $36,382 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $748,710 | $286,008 | $476,399 | $597,077 | $359,898 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $2,980,314 | $3,207,234 | $3,029,964 | $3,091,322 | $3,224,030 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $734 | $0 | $8,363 | $8,363 |
| Total long-term assets | $2,980,314 | $3,207,968 | $3,029,964 | $3,099,685 | $3,232,393 |
| Total assets | $3,729,024 | $3,493,976 | $3,506,363 | $3,696,762 | $3,592,291 |
| Liabilities | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $172,458 | $101,757 | $86,766 | $82,164 | $52,707 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $172,458 | $101,757 | $86,766 | $82,164 | $52,707 |
| Debt | $391,379 | $8,171 | $12,422 | $291,175 | $350,736 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $127,935 | $143,943 | $76,495 | $56,426 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $391,379 | $136,106 | $156,365 | $367,670 | $407,162 |
| Total liabilities | $563,837 | $237,863 | $243,131 | $449,834 | $459,869 |
| Net assets | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Without donor restrictions | $3,034,672 | $3,066,015 | $2,985,731 | $3,101,340 | $3,132,422 |
| With donor restrictions | $130,515 | $190,098 | $277,501 | $145,588 | $0 |
| Net assets | $3,165,187 | $3,256,113 | $3,263,232 | $3,246,928 | $3,132,422 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Total contributions | $1,406,410 | $1,614,999 | $1,546,348 | $1,414,888 | $927,579 |
| Program service revenue | $1,409,645 | $1,733,002 | $1,622,900 | $1,494,328 | $1,795,371 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $2,165 | ($120,914) | ($11,525) | $479 | ($265) |
| Other revenue | $114,253 | $174,481 | $220,782 | $114,708 | $129,977 |
| Total other revenue | $1,526,063 | $1,786,569 | $1,832,157 | $1,609,515 | $1,925,083 |
| Total revenue | $2,932,473 | $3,401,568 | $3,378,505 | $3,024,403 | $2,852,662 |
| Expenses | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Program services | $2,449,200 | $2,784,177 | $2,792,798 | $2,432,823 | $2,443,154 |
| Management and general | $325,366 | $255,795 | $267,201 | $226,694 | $276,089 |
| Fundraising | $248,837 | $368,715 | $302,202 | $250,380 | $311,048 |
| Total expenses | $3,023,403 | $3,408,687 | $3,362,201 | $2,909,897 | $3,030,291 |
| Change in net assets | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Surplus (deficit) | ($90,930) | ($7,119) | $16,304 | $114,506 | ($177,629) |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | ($90,930) | ($7,119) | $16,304 | $114,506 | ($177,629) |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Josh Barton | Exec. Director | $87,000 |
Compensation data as of: 6/30/2020
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The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 10/25/2021. To update the information below, please email: info@ministrywatch.com
History
Where It All Began
In 1964, Rev. Bill Barton Sr., while pastoring a church in Pascagoula, Mississippi, took thirteen men to a Christian recovery program for alcoholics in Tallulah Falls, Georgia called the Victory Home. He became convinced God was calling him to establish a home for alcoholics in Mississippi.
Out of obedience to what he believed to be God's will for his life, he returned home and asked eighteen men to be on the board of directors for the Home of Grace. E.H. Bacot soon donated ten acres of land nestled on the banks of Bluff Creek to the ministry. A small house trailer was also donated by C.D. and Norris Faggard.
In January 1965, even before there was electrical power, the first man entered the Home of Grace. Since that time thousands of men, women and children have been served through the ministries of the Home of Grace.
Each person who comes to the Home of Grace deserves our utmost attention and God's intervention in their life. We thank God both for the privilege of helping those in need as well as for the faith that we will be able to serve many more even more effectively in years to come.
Rev. Bill and Jean Barton
In today's world, it's hard to imagine that we could dare call anyone a legend, but that's exactly what Rev. Bill Barton is- a legend. With a vision in his heart, a few faithful friends, and God's continual blessing, Bro. Bill and his wife, Jean, founded the Home of Grace to bring light into the darkened lives of those who struggle with addiction.
Since 1965, the Home of Grace has continued to be a light in the community. It has provided a place for men and women to seek refuge and renewal from a life of chaos and danger. The Bartons' vision of transforming hearts in order to transform lives has remained the constant core of the Home of Grace's success.
One of the overriding evidences that someone has a genuine relationship with our living Savior is their consistent attitude of joy and outlook on life. Bill and Jean Barton exemplified that joy and freely gave of themselves so others may find the same joy.
Program accomplishments
Needs
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