Jacob Way Organization

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921015912
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Arlington, TX, USA
Phone
2143072920
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cancer

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$53,838
Expenses
$61,129
Assets
$1,402
Liabilities
$8,006

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Latorra Garland (Executive Director)
  • Jasmine Garland (President)

People named in this filing

  • Latorra Garland (Executive Director)
  • Yeshorra Flowers (Board Member)
  • Audris Williams (Treasurer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Jacob Way Organization provides direct support, education, and wellness resources to families navigating pediatric cancer diagnoses nationally, with primary operations based in Arlington, Texas. We deliver care packages, grocery assistance, financial assistance for utilities, mental health support, support groups, healthy cooking demonstrations, and financial toxicity education to reduce the emotional and financial burden of childhood cancer on families we serve across the United States

What it reported doing in 2025

Jacob Way Organization served families navigating pediatric cancer diagnoses during the 2025 tax year through the following programs and initiatives. All Jacob Way programs and activities are designed with a whole-family approach, incorporating mental health support and emotional wellness into every aspect of service delivery. Jacob Way recognizes that a pediatric cancer diagnosis impacts every member of the family and ensures that mental health and emotional support are embedded throughout all programs. CARING HEARTS INITIATIVE: Jacob Way provided direct assistance to families through care packages containing essential personal care items, games, and comfort supplies designed to bring comfort and joy to families during treatment. Since our founding Jacob Way has distributed over 200 care packages and over 150 grocery gift cards to families navigating pediatric cancer diagnoses. Families also received financial support for utilities to reduce the economic burden of a pediatric cancer diagnosis. Jacob Way distributed donated goods, family experience opportunities including sporting events and recreational activities, and holiday gifts supporting the emotional wellness of the entire family unit. Total direct assistance delivered in 2025: $20,386. WELLNESS CONNECTIONS SERIES: Jacob Way facilitated monthly Care Connect Support Groups providing mental health support, emotional wellness resources, community connection, and resilience building for entire families navigating pediatric cancer. All sessions incorporated mental health and emotional support components addressing the psychological impact of a pediatric cancer diagnosis on patients, siblings, parents, and caregivers. Quarterly Healthy Cooking Demonstrations equipped families with practical nutrition education to support overall physical and emotional wellness during treatment. The program incorporated book club discussions using evidence-based literature to promote emotional healing, mental health awareness, and social connection among participants. FINANCIAL TOXICITY EDUCATION HUB: Jacob Way has developed trauma-informed professional training curriculum educating healthcare professionals, hospital facilities, and community organizations on navigating the financial and emotional impact of pediatric cancer diagnoses. CEU-credentialed sessions are available in flexible 1-hour, 2-hour, and 3-4 hour formats nationally. Program service delivery launches in 2026. In-kind donations totaling $14,323 were received and utilized across all program areas including donated facility space, program supplies, family experience opportunities, and fundraising event items. Jacob Way served families in the Arlington, Texas area and nationally, providing comprehensive wraparound support addressing the physical, emotional, mental health, and financial challenges of pediatric cancer. Jacob Way Organization is committed to ensuring that no family navigating a pediatric cancer diagnosis faces their journey alone

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 78% 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.

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: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.9%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 78.3%; rating input score 78

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13.5%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 5.71; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.9% of revenue deployed · 78.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.