Columbia County Foundation for Children Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 582108503
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Evans, GA, USA
- Phone
- 7068549777
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Children's, Youth Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $114,962
- Expenses
- $130,512
- Assets
- $106,388
- Liabilities
- $527
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DOROTHY BRANDON (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DOROTHY BRANDON (PRESIDENT)
- SUSAN ERWAY (VICE PRESIDE)
- CLARE BETHUNE (SECRETARY)
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
Benefiting needy children of our county through providing food, clothing and essentials from our thrift store and benevolence.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization provides an array of services to help local children build a foundation for their roles in life. Services include financial support, food, clothing, education support and recreational activities. Ongoing projects of the foundation are the helping hands thrift store, a christmas gift program for children, annual need-based college scholarships and financial assistance for summer school and camps.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 61% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 95.3%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -13.5%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $124K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.