Gilda's Club Middle Tennessee

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
621614190
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Nashville, TN, USA
Phone
6153291124
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Patient Services - Entertainment, Recreation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,502,890
Expenses
$1,500,280
Assets
$7,406,523
Liabilities
$177,500

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HARRIET KAPLOWITZ SCHIFTAN (PRESIDENT &)

Highest reported compensation

  • HARRIET KAPLOWITZ SCHIFTAN (PRESIDENT &): $116,062 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to ensure all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by community. Free of charge to participants, gilda's club middle Tennessee provides a place where everyone impacted by cancer - people of all ages, all genders, with all types of cancer, at all stages, including grief and bereavment - along with their families, caregivers, and friends, can find social and emotional support offered by licensed professionals. Our evidence based cancer support program is an essential complement to medical care, and provides support groups, resources, nutritional counseling and cooking classes, movment and stress reduction classes, expressive arts, and social activities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Support groups: weekly ongoing groups facilitated by licensed clinicians to provide emotional and social support for people of all ages with cancer, their family and friends. Networking groups: monthly or bi-monthly groups that are diagnosis specific or issue specific, facilitated by licensed clinicians for people of all ages with cancer, their families and friends. Lectures, workshops, and classes: educational opportunities providing self-skill tools for people living with cancer, their friends, and families, facilitated by medical professionals, oncology specialists, and trained volunteers. Social activities: provide opportunities for people with cancer and their families and friends to build community, gain support, make deep and enduring relationships in a safe and understanding community. Donated services and facilities for program workshops consisted of the following: healthcare providers 3,520 movement & fitness 9,840 cooking & nutrition 1,320 art instruction 7,080 individual/group counseling 23,950 these donated services and facilities total 45,710 for the year ended june 30, 2025. During the year ending june 30, 2025, there were: 7,904 individuals served 1,192 workshops, programs & support groups 1,399 resource requests 109 new members 2,196 volunteer hours

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 48
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 42.8%; rating input score 43
  • Program expense ratio: 65.2%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd 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; 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: 40.1%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.94; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 42.8% of revenue deployed · 65.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $978K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $116K · 23 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D land buildings reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.