Gospel Against AIDS Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It owes more than it owns.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
To empower communities of faith to become agents of change by taking an active stance in curtailing the spread of HIV/AIDS, STIs, and COVID 19 by providing on-site preventive educational and capacity development training sessions, along with technical assistance for the creation and implementation of long- and short-term prevention-based strategic plans.
- Income
- $73,518
- Spending
- $67,727
- Reserves
- -1.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 82%
- Highest pay
- $43,135, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 21 out of 100. Higher than 4% of charities in its peer group (diseases, under $250k).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 180% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 8% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $54,624 spent. Since 2022, GAA expanded its focus to include strengthening its community mobilization efforts by creating and attending community forums where more community change agents could be identified. These change agents were trained, equipped, and empowered to become "HIV community ambassadors" who, not only assists us in disseminating prevention information, but also, they actively engage in creating, identifying, and implementing community-based activities, forums, and conferences where hard to reach and unreached high-risk individuals can receive HIV, STI and COVID 19 tests and in the case of the later, vaccinated. We have found that we have had to expand our partnering agencies within our care continuum to include not only HIV service providers, state and local health departments, but also more non-HIV service agencies inclusive of but not exclusive to; clinics and hospitals, substance abuse and treatment centers, homeless shelters and soup kitchens, houses of worship and other faith-based organizations. This expansion also allows GAA to provide active referrals for those who test positive (reactive) for HIV and STIs. In these cases, our goal is to establish a seamless transition for clients to have access to additional medical and non-medical services. This community expansion has also provided GAA the opportunity to re-engage those who have dropped out of care and treatment. Finally, this component allows GAA to tap into previously untapped venues in high prevalence communities. Over 5,000 individuals have heard our prevention messages and/or received services through this component.GAA's community engagement activities this year included educational sessions provided at both individual and group levels both virtually, and in-person. Because of demand, GAA brought in additional HIV testing agencies to provide Hep C, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and other STI testing. Also in 2023, GAA continued to provide Implicit Bias training sessions to Beaumont/Corewell Hospitals Cancer Center Integrated Medical Division, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Conversations on Race-Faith-based Leadership Group, Detroit Public Schools - Nous Foundation, Kennesaw State University (KSU)School of Engineering Marietta, GA, Great Lakes Bay Health Centers and Faith and Community Leadership Group/Covenant Community Care, Michigan Nurses Association, and the New Light Treatment Center. This 6-part session was provided for medical and non-medical staff at the hospitals, universities, schools, faith-based organizations, and substance abuse treatment centers. It has become an integrated part of new employee orientation at these facilities. This year, KSU brought on GAA to continue its work to provide our Anti-Stigma/Implicit Biases training sessions specifically to engineering students through the university's mentorship program.GAA's partnership with HIV and STI testing agencies has allowed the agency to more than double the number of individuals screened for the aforementioned. These agencies have provided these services to houses of worship, faith-based organizations, and substance abuse treatment centers. These partnerships provide multi-faceted benefits not only to the individuals getting screened who now have the barrier of "access" eliminated, but it also assists agencies to meet their contractual requirements in terms of individuals tested.From 2022 to 2023, GAA trained the staff at Soaring Unlimited Health Center in Cape Haitian, Haiti. This training resulted in a partnership between Soaring Unlimited and GAA to work together to support their HIV testing initiative by providing virtual prevention sessions in both English and French to staff and selected patients, community residents, and volunteers from the US in Haiti. It is the first of its kind in that region of the island. This partnership also led to the opening of a birthing center at the clinic. Now managed by a former GAA HIV tester and counselor. It is the only birthing center in the region. The center continues to work at full capacity to meet the needs of expectant mothers in their island community.Lastly, GAA's "Points of Care Collaborative" continued throughout 2023 and began replication in Georgia in 2024. This collaborative, as was touched on briefly earlier, allows clients access to several HIV and non-HIV services at designated GAA HIV testing sites. From dental services, to food, clothing, etc., all provided by other local service providers specializing in their designated fields. While linkage to care has always been an objective for GAA, this collaborative has enabled GAA to move closer to establishing this as a central service offered by GAA.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2000.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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