Gulf Coast Lactation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 834112440
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Fairhope, AL, USA
- Phone
- 2514558928
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $161,320
- Expenses
- $151,949
- Assets
- $63,601
- Liabilities
- $9,764
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- ELLEN SCOTT THOMSON (OFFICER)
- JEFFREY A MERO (DIRECTOR)
- SHELLI N CARTER (SECRETARY/TR)
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
To provide breastfeeding support that is available to women in need of help and guidance, that works with area health care providers, and provides education to the mother and family prior to and after delivery.
What it reported doing in 2024
Gulf coast lactation- to provide breastfeeding support that is available to women in need of help and guidance, that works with area health care providers, and provides education to the mother and family prior to and after delivery.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.8%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 86.8%; rating input score 87
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.8%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 41.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 41.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 30.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.8% of revenue deployed · 86.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $132K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.