Good News Clinics Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582058853
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Gainesville, GA, USA
Phone
7702975040
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health Treatment Facilities, Primarily Outpatient

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,588,309
Expenses
$3,282,290
Assets
$14,050,077
Liabilities
$132,696

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LIZ COATES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ELISABETH BALDWIN (PRESIDENT (2024))

Highest reported compensation

  • LIZ COATES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $206,227 total reported compensation
  • ALAN EDWARDS (PHARMACIST): $134,074 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To offer support and free medical care to the indigent, homeless and low income people in hall county who have no health insurance and cannot afford medical care.

What it reported doing in 2024

Medical and dental services: the sam poole medical clinic provides free ongoing primary medical care, specialty care referrals, prescription medications, and patient education classes to hall county residents who are uninsured and whose family income falls within 150% of the federal poverty level. The sam poole medical clinic is the only free clinic in hall county and the only access to medical care for the uninsured in our community unable to pay for health care. Last fiscal year, october 2024 to september 2025, the sam poole medical clinic provided primary care to 2,125 individuals, 10,182 patient visits, 19,693 laboratory tests, and the dispensary filled 50,390 prescription medications all at no cost to patients. Services were made possible through volunteer physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants contributing 3,450 volunteer hours, and community volunteers contributing 2,134 volunteer hours, as well as the generous financial support from individuals, united way of hall county, churches, businesses, private foundations and other organizations. The green warren dental clinic provides free acute dental care including examinations, x-rays, extractions, fillings, sealants, and oral health education to uninsured adults and children who are residents of hall county and whose family income falls within 150% of the federal poverty level. Through the service of volunteer dentists, acute dental treatment is provided to alleviate the pain, address other dental problems, and assist the patients in returning to their normal daily activity, including getting back to work. The green warren dental clinic is the only free dental clinic in hall county and the only source for dental care for those in our community unable to pay for dental care. During last fiscal year, october 2024 to september 2025, the green warren dental clinic provided 7,018 dental patient visits serving 1,476 individuals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% 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 - 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: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.7%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 8.5%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.28; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.4%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.7% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $206K · 21 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 42/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.