Gulfcoast Legal Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 591882749
IRS 990 coverage: 2010–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024
Location: St Petersburg, FL, USA
Phone: 7278210726
Rating: 85
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $4,154,233
Expenses: $4,075,897
Assets: $3,008,105
Liabilities: $2,194,460

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Theresa Prichard (Chief Executive Officer)

Highest reported compensation

Theresa Prichard (Chief Executive Officer): $137,476 total reported compensation
Noelle Clark (Chief Advocacy Officer): $121,499 total reported compensation
Jodi Duda (Chief Financial Officer): $115,088 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We champion justice by enhancing access to the legal system, especially for those whose race, ethnicity, income, age, disability, gender, or sexual orientation pose obstacles. We strive to provide exceptional advocacy, vigorous representation, and effective legal education for the communities we serve.

What it reported doing in 2024

Legal Services for Families/Domestic Violence: The Family Law unit provided services to 931 clients and closed 885 cases of protective injunctions, personal safety, custody, divorce, child support, visitation, and paternity. Casework is holistic in nature as these clients may also receive legal assistance with housing matters and public income maintenance benefits for which they are eligible. This assistance gives survivors of violence the tools they need to become independent and self-sufficient and to create a new beginning for themselves and their children. These services are supported by funding from the US Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, Pinellas County, the Florida Office of the Attorney General, Florida Department of Children and Families and local area funding.

Operating model

Revenue model: Grant-funded. 93% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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: 81
Transparency & Controls: 94
Accountability: 95
Sustainability: 33
Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 78.6%; rating input score 79
Program expense ratio: 79.7%; rating input score 80
Fundraising efficiency: $180.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
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 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: 1.9%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.74; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.73; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 9.2%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 78.6% of revenue deployed · 79.7% of spending went to programs
Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $3.2M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $137K · 14 people listed
Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
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.
Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.