Boots and Badges of the South Plains
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 821704936
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Lubbbock, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8067861779
- Rating
- 56
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $149,585
- Expenses
- $110,064
- Assets
- $89,472
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
People named in this filing
- TERRY TAYLOR (OFFICER)
- SHAWNA GRAY (OFFICER)
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
Finanacially assist first responders
What it reported doing in 2025
Help local west Texas first responders and their families who have experienced a catastrophic event.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 99% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 93% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 35
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 30.5%; rating input score 31
- Program expense ratio: 41%; rating input score 41
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 26.4%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -5% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 30.5% of revenue deployed · 41% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $45K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.