Community Thrift Store Incorporated

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
480996695
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Council Grove, KS, USA
Phone
6207676748
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$74,466
Expenses
$70,362
Assets
$53,217
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Catherine Hutchinson (President)

People named in this filing

  • Catherine Hutchinson (President)
  • Marc Evans (Secretary)
  • Larry Rose (Treasurer)

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 purposes and functions of the Community Thrift Store is to solely and exclusively promote the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the surrounding communities by: (a) establishing and maintaining facilities and programs for the collection, distribution and sale of clothing, household goods and other personal property for the benefit of needy person in the community; (b) for distribution of sale proceeds, contributions or other sources of income or property to needy persons in the community, or to other non-profit charitable, educational, religious or governmental organizations or activities which are compatible with the purposes of this corporation, or which meet the criteria for tax exemption for Federal and State income tax purposes.

What it reported doing in 2025

Establishing and maintaining facilities and programs for the collection, distribution and sale of clothing, household goods and other personal property for the benefit of needy person in the community; and for distribution of sale proceeds, contributions or other sources of income or property to needy persons in the community, or to other non-profit charitable, educational, religious or governmental organizations or activities which are compatible with the purposes of this corporation, or which meet the criteria for tax exemption for Federal and State income tax purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.5%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.5%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 40; 40th 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: 24.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.2% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $70K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.