Jefferson County Christmas Neighbors Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391661740
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Jefferson, WI, USA
Phone
9206744499
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Emergency Assistance

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$122,718
Expenses
$119,595
Assets
$206,684
Liabilities
$889

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lorna Lovett (President)
  • Jan Tremain (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Lorna Lovett (President)
  • Jan Tremain (Vice President)
  • Fran Vandre (Secretary)

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

Shortly before Christmas each year, Jefferson County Christmas Neighbors, Inc. distributes toys, gift cards, winter hats and gloves, blankets and boxes of food to income eligible children and families residing in Jefferson County Wisconsin. The entire program is funded by donations and staffed by unpaid volunteers. The total number of children served in 2024 was 2030. This is roughly equal to the number of children in Jefferson County Wisconsin that are below the poverty line.

What it reported doing in 2024

ADOPT- A -FAMILY PROGRAM The Adopt-A-Family Program matches qualifying families with donors wishing to meet participant's Christmas gift needs. It served 180 families with 487 children. It is estimated that items provided to recipients exceeded $30,000 in value. The Adopt -A- Family Program leveraged administrative expenses of $2148 to provide the $30,000 of gifts, clothing, and food

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.5%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 81.6%; rating input score 82

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.5%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.73; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.5% of revenue deployed · 81.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $98K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.