Gold Network of East Texas
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 611793884
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Tyler, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9035741774
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $128,180
- Expenses
- $94,512
- Assets
- $206,594
- Liabilities
- $97,022
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HEATHER J RUCKER (President)
People named in this filing
- HEATHER J RUCKER (President)
- PAULA KIMMEY (Treasurer)
- PHILLIP MCLEOD (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Corporation shall raise awareness of childhood cancer and raise funds for pediatric cancer research and provide assistance and support to families impacted by childhood cancer.
What it reported doing in 2024
Gold Network of East Texas hosted quarterly recreational outings for cancer kids and their families, including a trip to Yesterland Farm, renting out a movie theater, a Dallas Mavericks basketball game, and a Texas Rangers baseball game. These activities enhance family togetherness outside a hospital setting and build relationships between families who have experienced life as a cancer family. Attendance averaged 65-70 individuals per event.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 76% for direct work, and 24% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 36
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 32.2%; rating input score 32
- Program expense ratio: 43.7%; rating input score 44
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 26.3%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.19; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 26.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 30.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 32.2% of revenue deployed · 43.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $41K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.