Geddie-cole Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562058683
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Mccoll, SC, USA
Phone
8438626821
Rating
96
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Delinquency Prevention
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$45,298
Expenses
$64,642
Assets
$301,430

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

People named in this filing

  • LARRY GEDDIE (Sec/Treas)

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 mission of the Geddie-Cole Center, Inc. is to provide a "safe-haven" location and atmosphere for young people, an alternative to drugs, gangs, and crime. Activities include Christian music and videos, puppet ministries, mime ministries, all supervised by Christian adult who are available for counseling. The Geddie-Cole Center hosts movies and concerts that are attended by over 3,500 young people each year. The center also distributes sandwiches to more than 2,400 people in addition to over 300 full meals that were served through its Thanksgiving Outreach program.

What it reported doing in 2025

During calendar year 2025, over 5,000 people participated the organization's food and outreach missions. Partnerships continued with dollar general, campbells, southern christian transport, carly's iga, pepsi of bennettville and florence, st. Johns umc, american legion, hope house, bennettsville community kitchen, penske trucks, north view harvest, fire baptized pentecostal church and sauer brands. These partnerships allowed the organization to service 30 other missions and food banks. Served over 4,500 people who participated in our food and outreach missions. We partnered with campbell soup, southern christian transport, dollar general, carly's iga, pepsi of florence and bennettsville, st. Johns umc, st. Lukes umc along with many individuals who have provided food and clothing. We were blessed to give out 600 thanksgiving dinners and "lights on main with santa, elves, frosty, reindeer, and the grinch in addition to great christmas music. Many local citizens volunteered to make this happen. We look forward to 2026 and new opportunities to serve.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.4%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -42.7%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.66; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $62K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 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 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.