Gift of Life Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
481198979
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Overland Park, KS, USA
Phone
9138511947
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Organ and Tissue Banks

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$608,654
Expenses
$662,131
Assets
$804,343
Liabilities
$75,359

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KRISTIN WING (PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW WIDMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SHARA BRICE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHARA BRICE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $102,544 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Gift of life, inc. Is a not-for-profit corporation whose basic purpose is to provide support and awareness for the life-saving impact of organ, eye and tissue donation through classroom education, mentoring of transplant patients and families, and online resources.

What it reported doing in 2025

Transplant mentors program - transplant mentors are carefully vetted and trained volunteers who provide encouragement, guidance, and peer support to individuals awaiting transplant, transplant recipients, living donors, caregivers, and families. Since 2009, the program has connected more than 1,200 patients, donors, caregivers, and family members in 48 states with mentors who have walked a similar path. Referrals come from leading transplant teams and centers nationwide. Through personalized mentoring, online resources, support services, educational videos, and tools, the program helps reduce fear and isolation, improve understanding , encourage treatment engagement, strenthen resilience, and to ensure no one faces the transplant journey alone.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.1%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 77.7%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $16.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: -8.8%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.21; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.5%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.1% of revenue deployed · 77.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $515K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $103K · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.