Daystar Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
591115099
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Phone
9544730167
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Home Health Care
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,066,147
Expenses
$2,564,197
Assets
$13,743,239
Liabilities
$152,642

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GALE TEEGARDEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO MAY 2025)
  • JENNY SOLORZANO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FM MAY 2025)
  • KIM DOHRER (PRESIDENT)
  • SARAH MAGGIO (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • GALE TEEGARDEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO MAY 2025): $110,914 total reported compensation
  • JENNY SOLORZANO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FM MAY 2025): $97,313 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Daystar inc dedicates itself to providing the highest quality christian science nursing care and to support quick and effective healing.

What it reported doing in 2024

Daystar is dedicated to providing the highest quality christian science nursing care to support quick and effective healing. Daystar provides this excellent skilled care (24/7/365) for those individuals relying on prayer-based healing as taught by discoverer and founder of christian science, mary baker eddy, in her seminal textbook, science and health with key to the scriptures. This dedicated staff of trained christian science nurses provide thoughtful, loving care. During fye 9/30/25, approximately 12 patients were served. Daystar also provides opportunities for spiritual refreshment and contemplative prayer and study via their rest and study program. Nine (9) individuals enjoyed taking advantage of this offering throughout the year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 74% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 81.3%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -24.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.36; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.1%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 81.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $111K · 6 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $929K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.