Georgia Transplant Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582075193
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Roswell, GA, USA
Phone
7704573796
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,371,471
Expenses
$3,036,927
Assets
$12,139,003
Liabilities
$130,989

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Melanie Calkins (President)
  • Rita Michaels (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Rita Michaels (Executive Director): $187,300 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Georgia Transplant Foundation (GTF) exists to bridge the financial, educational, and emotional gaps faced by organ transplant candidates, recipients, living donors, and their families throughout Georgia. In 2025, GTF continued to provide a comprehensive portfolio of programs and services designed to improve access to transplantation, support long-term recovery, and promote financial stability for those impacted by organ failure and transplantation.Throughout the year, GTF provided direct financial assistance, educational programming, mentoring and peer support services, and return-to-work readiness support through the JumpStart Program. The organization also expanded its outreach and educational footprint across Georgia through multiple Trends in Transplant (TNT) Conferences and community-based engagement initiatives designed to connect patients, caregivers, social workers, and medical professionals with critical transplant-related resources.

What it reported doing in 2025

Program Development & Strategic Growth: In 2025, Georgia Transplant Foundation continued strengthening and refining its programs and operational infrastructure to better meet the evolving needs of Georgia's transplant community. The Organization streamlined several internal processes to improve efficiency, patient accessibility, and long-term sustainability while maintaining its commitment to compassionate, individualized support.GTF continued expanding awareness of its programs and services beyond metro Atlanta through targeted outreach to transplant centers, dialysis clinics, social workers, and healthcare providers across the state. Educational initiatives and outreach efforts also focused on increasing engagement within African American communities and underserved populations disproportionately impacted by chronic illness and organ failure.The Organization further strengthened its focus on financial self-sufficiency and long-term patient stability through continued development of the JumpStart Program, which assists transplant patients with return-to-work readiness, career support, and pathways toward greater financial independence following transplantation.In addition, GTF advanced several strategic initiatives during 2025, including technology modernization projects, enhanced data collection and reporting capabilities, and planning efforts designed to support future statewide growth and program expansion. These efforts aligned with GTF's mission of bridging the gap between hope and opportunity for Georgia's transplant community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 80% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.1%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 87.3%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 88.6%; rating input score 89; 31st 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: 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: 9.9%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.2%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.1% of revenue deployed · 87.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $187K · 22 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.