Goals for Life Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873198036
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Chattanooga, TN, USA
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$57,927
Expenses
$40,940
Assets
$58,719

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN WICKHAM (PRESIDENT and CEO)

People named in this filing

  • STEPHANIE WICKHAM (VICE CHAIR)
  • JOHN WICKHAM (PRESIDENT and CEO)
  • DAVID SMITH (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Goals for life projects mission is to help the impoverished in northern ghana africa by equipping them with the tools to thrive both mentally and physically. We do this through a two fold approach. First: by providing medical equipment and medications to remote villages we are able to heal and strengthen their bodies. Secondly through a shared love of soccer we are able to train up top quality players on the field ready to play before the international community while we work at equipping them off the field with the enecessary tools to thrive with an education and on the job training.

What it reported doing in 2025

Soccer - we help manage and build soccer clubs in ghana. These clubs include approximately 350 athletes. Fees paid in this line go towards soccer supplies fees for player registration maintenance of the field and construction of new pitches.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.7%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29.3%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 57; 57th 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: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.4% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.7% of revenue deployed · 84.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $35K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.