Guardians of the Gap a Non-profit Llc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850773542
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Cumberland Gap, TN, USA
Phone
4235268061
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,766
Expenses
$42,222
Assets
$45,664
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TONY MAXWELL (PRESIDENT)
  • GRACE MAHIEU (VICE-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TONY MAXWELL (PRESIDENT)
  • KIMBERLY KOTLAR (TREASURER)
  • GRACE MAHIEU (VICE-PRESIDENT)

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

Guardians of the gap is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and literary purposes, including combating community deterioration, erecting and/or maintaining public community spaces, organizing, planning, and hosting community related events, increasing the visibility, attractiveness and quality of life for the local community as a whole; and supporting strategic short-term and long-term planning; and providing educational and informational resources about the history of cumberland gap to the immediate and surrounding community, as well as visitors.

What it reported doing in 2024

Folkfest: a celebration of the people and place of cumberland gap to promote and preserve the people and place of cumberland gap. The culture of the region is important to preserve, so this event attempts to gather people in a place to attempt to preserve the culture of the community from its origin, including a representation of ancestors and their culture, including the arts. While doing this event, not only are locals participating, but visitors are learning about the place and people of cumberland gap.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -37.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.08; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 37.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.