Community Thrift Store Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270454775
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Clarkesville, GA, USA
Phone
7067685550
Rating
35
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Thrift Shops

Reported finances

Revenue
$62,414
Expenses
$85,221
Assets
$7,084
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Gloria Agnew (Board Chairman)
  • Mary Spearman (Board Treasurer)
  • Cariedda Thompson (Board 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

CommUnity Thrift Store is a ministry that resells donated items from individuals. Income is generated by sales of these donated items. Proceeds are dispersed on a regular basis into the community as monetary donations to local non-profits. We typically hold a reserve of two-month's expenses; the rest is given away. We are 100% volunteer staffed. We also assist individuals in the event of unusual hardship with items such as interview clothes, household goods, or clothing.

What it reported doing in 2025

1. To Clarkesville First Methodist Church Building Fund $29,500, 2. to the Counselors Fund at the 14 public schools in Habersham County to assist with needy children's supplies and clothing $3,500, 3. to Grace Gate medical clinic providing care for the needy in in Habersham County $2,500, 4. to Meals on Wheels providing meals for needy elderly $2,500, 5. to the two soup kitchens in Habersham County at Clarkesville and Cornelia $1,800, AND to other local non-profits as listed: Camp Evergreen ($1,250), Volunteers for Literacy ($1,250), Mtn. Judicial CASA ($1,000), Food 4 Kids through The Everyday Good ($1,500), Clarkesville and Cornelia Libraries ($1,000), CFMC ministries ($1,300), Family Resource Center of NE Georgia ($600), Family Promise of White and Habersham Counties ($600), Foothills Counseling Center ($600), Habersham Christian Learning Center ($500), Habersham Community Paramedicine ($1,000), Habersham County Senior Center ($2,000), Habersham Animal Shelter ($1,000), Homestead Recovery Residence for Women ($600), HUB of Habersham ($1,000), Mustard Seed Counseling ($1,000), Victory Home ($500)

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 97% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -36.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.