Gianna Center of the Gulf South

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465317303
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2017
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Covington, LA, USA
Phone
9854661919
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$469,143
Expenses
$488,092
Assets
$4,115
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN SCHEMBRE (PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR)
  • LAURA KIPER (VICE PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • JOHN SCHEMBRE (PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR)
  • LAURA KIPER (VICE PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR)
  • ALMA LEVY (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. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The gianna center of the gulf south is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting a "culture of life" founded in the catholic faith. As part of this mission, we are commitied to providing pro-life family healthcare as well as offering educational and spiritual programs.the purpose of the gianna center of the gulf south is to provide excellent medical care to every person who walks through our door while still adhering to the ethical and religious directives of the catholic church. And because we hold the dignity of every human being, born and unborn, in the highest regard, we do not provide artificial contraceptives, provide or refer for abortions, or use methods of achieving pregnancy that contradict catholic teaching or catholic directives. We are committed to treating everyone with the dignity and the respect that they deserve, as human beings made in the image and likeness of god, regardless of faith or background. In order to do this, we rely on donations from the community

What it reported doing in 2017

We are dedicated to providing pro-life family healthcare in the gulf south. To do that, we promote a culture of life through medical, educational, and spiritual programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 75% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -114.4% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $488K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2015 to 2017
  • 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.

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

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.