Celebration of Love

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263854859
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2010
Location
Pflugerville, TX, USA
Phone
5122516544
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fairs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$85,620
Expenses
$83,007
Assets
$28,271
Liabilities
$5,000

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TOM RAMSEY JR (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GARY R BROWN (TREASURER)
  • MARC GRAY (VICE PRESIDE)
  • TOM RAMSEY JR (PRESIDENT)

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

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To enhance the quality of life for families, individuals and the community by seeking out and providing services that are consistently available, accessible and responsive to the needs of indivdual families and groups seeking assistance, and to work with the community and volunteers to facilitate and provide these services.

What it reported doing in 2020

The reaching out center provides food and basic necessities to over 200 low-income families in pflugerville, Texas on a weekly basis. The reaching out center also has a location in bell county at fort hood army community service food pantry where it provides food and basis necessities to military families in need.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.6%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 98.6%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: $98.74 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.1%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.6% of revenue deployed · 98.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $82K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2011 to 2020
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.