A Golden Heart

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
475040767
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Highlands, TX, USA
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Homeless Shelters

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,604
Expenses
$5,011
Assets
$3,267

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sherri Johnson (Founder and President)

People named in this filing

  • Sherri Johnson (Founder and President)
  • Odessa Borten (Treasurer)
  • Nikita Borten (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Love Project formerly A Golden Heart exists for the purpose of fulfilling the duties of Matthew 25:35-36. Our goal is to house feed and take care of the needs of the homeless sick and tend to those who are incarcerated. Ultimately our goal is to help the least of these become productive and contributing members in society.

What it reported doing in 2025

Our initial partnership with Loaves and Fishes allowed us to serve up to 300 meals monthly. Due to imminent domain the soup kitchen was purchased by the city and a new state of the art building is being built. Currently the organization is preparing to begin receiving state contracts. We are seeking to win a contract that will allow us to provide hospital sitting services to children in the conservatory of CPS

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 9
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 15.3%; rating input score 15
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.6%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.9%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 15.3% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.