Jds Center of Hope Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 752930942
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2018
- Location
- Lufkin, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9366336863
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Physical Fitness and Community Recreational Facilities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $485,509
- Expenses
- $511,916
- Assets
- $267,421
- Liabilities
- $6,843
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CLIFFORD OLFORD (CEO)
- DON MUHLBACH (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- CLIFFORD OLFORD (CEO)
- TOMMY MAXIE (Director)
- DELPHINA MAXIE (Chairman)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To improve the quality of life for the residents living in the economically distressed neighborhood of north Lufkin and surrounding areas of Angelina County.
What it reported doing in 2025
Tots on the move program -- a licensed childcare program that is open during the week days to provide a loving environment for young children of toddler age. The program is designed to foster learning opportunities and social interactions in daily activities while giving parents and guardians the opportunity to work. This program currently runs with a capacity of up to 11 children.afterschool program -- a program designated for school age children, pre-k to high school, to attned after their school day is complete. The program picks up students from 12 different schools in the lufkin and angelina county area. The program not only gives the children a play to stay and wait for their parents, but it also functions as a tutoring and educational program where the students can work on strengthening their reading, math, science and technology skills outside of school. The students are provided one meal, as well as the tutoring services.summer camp program -- a 6 to 8 week day camp that runs from 8am to 5pm monday thru friday during the summer. It is a place for students to come and receive two meals a day, while experiencing new and exciting opportunities. The camp provides learning trips such as family centers, museums, and other locations. The camp has daily opportunities for the students to retain their reading and math skills learned during the shool year, while doing fun activities and making friends.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 62% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 96.7%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $495K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.