Galaxy Counseling Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237110664
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
Garland, TX, USA
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Family Counseling

Reported finances

Revenue
$630,995
Expenses
$676,447
Assets
$281,025
Liabilities
$82,044

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sandra Roland (President)
  • Ellen Bradley (Vice President Secretary)
  • LYNETTE PAYNE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • LYNETTE PAYNE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $75,833 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Community mental health counseling services to primarily low income children, adults and families.

What it reported doing in 2016

In a therapeutic, supportive setting - a step that is often necessary for healing.Survivors of sexual abuse/assault are likely to experience post traumatic stress disorder, dissociative disorders, anxiety disorders, and/or engage in substance abuse. The entrenched nature of the damage caused by this type of abuse makes treatment unique for these clients. Often this population experiences developmental arrest from the time of the trauma relationship, e.g. their emotional reactions to crises would be developmentally appropriate for a 10-year old because that is when their abuse occurred. The main issues addressed are shame reduction, self forgiveness, self worth, boundaries, realistic self assessment, positive self care, and moderation. Their lives are often in a constant state of crisis, requiring vigilant monitoring by the therapist for suicidality and self-injurious behaviors. Therapy itself can trigger an intense trauma flashback, therefore client progress mus

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 72.6%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 19th 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.2%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.2%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78% of revenue deployed · 72.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $491K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $76K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.