Licking United Community Help Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 421754017
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Licking, MO, USA
- Phone
- 5736744184
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Food Banks, Pantries
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $46,143
- Expenses
- $56,332
- Assets
- $419,176
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JIM HAGLER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JIM HAGLER (PRESIDENT)
- JOSEPHINE HATCH (VICE PRES)
- CASSIE RAMSEY (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
Luchc(licking united community help center) mission is to provide a collection and distribution center for food and clothing to assist low income families within and adjacent to the community of licking, Missouri. Donation sources of food, supplies and clothing include private donations and government programs. Additional sources of revenue include sales of donated clothing and goods. An estimated value of these donated items is included in line 1 as contributions and the remainder of the sales amounts are reported as thrift shop sales in the program service revenue area. Food distribution is available at the center's facility for qualifying individuals and homebound individuals also receive distribution of goods. Foods are received from ozark harvest, springfield Missouri and other sources. Food drives are held by local school organizations and classrooms for use at the luchc. The center is operated on a volunteer-only basis.
What it reported doing in 2024
In the fifteenth full year of operation for the licking united community help center, an average of 215 people each month of 2024 were able to be helped. The number of households served for 2024 was 1490. Many people continue to require assistance from the center. With the assistance of cash and noncash donations(including food drives) from individuals, community organizations, churches, businesses, schools and businesses, the center reached out to a variety of individuals in various circumstances to provide food/clothing on a continuing and/or emergency basis. Home deliveries are made to approximately 30 homebound individuals each month. Thanksgiving turkeys and christmas hams were provided to many needy families. The center also provides emergency provisions on as needed basis to individuals. The center operates a thrift center, which receives noncash items for resale in order for such proceeds to be used for its programs. Many personal clothing needs are met in the community by the operation of this thrift center. The center is operated on a purely volunteer basis, with the help of approximately 7 individuals. These individuals provided over 10000 volunteer hours in 2024. The center continued to expand its community outreach in 2024 by working with the local school district by awarding scholarships and support to other activities. 7000 of scholarships were paid to qualified receipients from the local school in 2024. In addition, other local donations were made in varying amounts to the community school for various school activities and other worthy local charities that raise money for needed causes. The center wants to maintain its mission of assistance to the local community needs on a variety of levels and give back to the community it serves. Total local scholarship/other donations distributed in 2024 totaled 12,675.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -22.1%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.44; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $76K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.