Georgia Operation Lifesaver Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581829748
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Clarkesville, GA, USA
Phone
6784247387
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$69,266
Expenses
$91,092
Assets
$43,216

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

  • RICHARD BANZ (DIRECTOR)
  • FRANKLIN BROWN (CHAIRMAN)
  • CRAIG CAMUSO (DIRECTOR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Georgia operation lifesaver is an education and awareness program dedicated to ending tragic collisions, fatalities and injuries at highway-rail grade crossings and on railroad rights of way. To accomplish its mission, operation lifesaver promotes 3 e's of safety: 1. Education: operation lifesaver strives to increase public awareness about the dangers around the rails. The program seeks to education both drivers and pedestrians to make safe decisions at crossings and around railroad tracks. 2. Enforcement: operation lifesaver promotes active enforcement of traffic laws relating to crossing signs and signals and private property laws related to trespassing. 3. Engineering: operation lifesaver encourages continued engineering research and innovation to improve the safety of railroad crossings.

What it reported doing in 2024

Presented operation lifesaver educational programs and training sessions to schools, businesses, civic groups, law enforcement, emergency services, truck drivers, school bus drivers and the general public across the state of Georgia.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.2%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -31.5%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 29; 29th 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: 59.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -31% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $89K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • 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 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.