Georgia EXTENSION 4-H FOUNDATION Effingham County Extension4-H

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 581453468
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2019–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025
Location: Springfield, GA, USA
Phone: 9127548040
Rating: 88
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue: $160,057
Expenses: $148,332
Assets: $49,609
Liabilities: $0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

Lee Anna Deal (CEC)
Morgan Triplett (4-H Agent)
Blake Carter (Ag Agent)

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 organization's primary exempt purpose is to organize, administer, and oversee 4-H, Agriculture, and Family and Consumer Science programs in Effingham County, GA.

What it reported doing in 2025

Other 4-H activities that help educate and include county students are DPA, which gives kids the chance to learn public speaking and presentations. SAFE activities include Shotgun and Archery. This provides children the chance to learn and compete in a safe environment. Day camps such as going to the zoo, the local water park and local petting zoos give the kids the chance to have activities throughout the summer instead of staying at home.

Operating model

Revenue model: Earned-program. 86% 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: 48
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 92.7%; rating input score 93
Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: 7.3%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 24% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 92.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $148K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 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 50/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.